Entertainment video information system having a multiplane screen

Patent 4962420 Issued on October 9, 1990. Estimated Expiration Date:

January 15, 2008. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Display system
Patent #: 3945132
Issued on: 03/23/1976
Inventor: Parmelee

Projected image display system Patent #: 4095882
Issued on: 06/20/1978
Inventor: Karamon

Inventor

Judenich, Gennady I.

Assignee

Teatr Polifonicheskoi Dramy

Application

No. 174989 filed on 01/15/1988

US Classes:

348/744, Projection device52/6, WITH STADIUM OR AUDITORIUM FEATURE348/218.1, Unitary image formed by compiling sub-areas of same scene (e.g., array of cameras)348/383, MODULAR IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM352/43, Enhancing relief illusion353/10, RELIEF ILLUSION359/443, PROJECTION SCREEN472/60, By use of video or projected picture472/61, Illusion caused by video, projected picture, or special light effect472/77Shifting scenery or curtain

Examiners

Primary: Oberley, Alvin E.
Assistant: Svihla, Randall S.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Lilling & Lilling

Foreign Patent References

2323422 FR. 04/13/1977

International Classes

H04N 009/31
A63J 001/02
B24B 019/00
G03B 021/00

Foreign Application Priority Data

1986-05-19 SU

Abstract

A video information system includes a screen (1) having at least two cells (2-5, 14-16) rotatable in at least one direction and forming a three-dimensional multi-plane screen system changeable in space. Information from at least one projector is fed to two or more cells (2-5). Video information is presented in an in-depth three-dimensionally unfolding space. The system also has the capability of producing simultaneous changes in time, and the screen system can be efficiently combined with scenery attributes. The video information can be fed to the cells of the screen in the form of front or rear projection.

Other References

I. B. Gordiichuk, Spravochnik kinooperatora, Iskusstvo, Moscow, 1979, pp. 64-67
"National Multi Vision," Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Tokyo (incomplete) (author and date of publication unknown