Method and device for creating an illusion of thickness from a f

Details Method and device for creating an illusion of thickness from a f Method and device for creating an illusion of thickness from a f

1997-12-08

2000-03-07

Davis, Cassandra H.

Card, picture, or sign exhibiting

Display with special effects

Electromotor operated

40577, G09F 1332

Patent

active

060323922

ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for producing an illusion of depth from a flat image. The apparatus includes a plurality of sheets, each being at least partially transparent and reflective and a light source. A design media having at least one of relatively thin linear and curvilinear design elements cut therein is positioned between the plurality of sheets and the light source. A frame is provided for holding the plurality of sheets therein and forms a slot therebehind for holding the design media. When the light source is illuminated an illusion of depth is produced for the at least one of relatively thin linear and curvilinear design elements cut into the design media. A display media including a plurality of color sectors separated by a plurality of sector lines is rotatably positioned between the design media and the light source. The addition of the display media cooperates with the design media to create the appearance of a series of continually undulating colorful surface segments moving along the path of the original design, changing color and length as they move inward toward the center of the display or outward depending on the direction of rotation of the display media.

REFERENCES:
patent: 1648827 (1927-11-01), Schwartz
patent: 2069368 (1937-02-01), Horinstein

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