Optics: image projectors – Projected image combined with real object
Patent
1995-02-16
1997-05-27
Dowling, William
Optics: image projectors
Projected image combined with real object
G03B 2100
Patent
active
056325444
ABSTRACT:
The present invention features an optical apparatus for the transmission of a virtual image to facilitate an individual's copy or reproduction thereof onto a working surface. The optical apparatus provides an image transfer that is more realistic than apparatuses of the prior art because of the illusion that the image is in actual contact with the working surface, when in reality the image impinges only a transparent medium. In addition, the invention provides a more effective image transfer than conventional devices by not including an opaque transfer of the artist's hand and/or art utensil, but rather by rendering the illusion that the artist's hand and/or art utensil is transparent. The optical apparatus consists of a supporting frame upon which is mounted a light source, an upper transparent support plate, a lower plate, and a working surface on which is disposed canvas or paper for receiving the artist's final, copied image or work.
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