Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system – Image superposition by optical means – Plural image superposition
Patent
1996-11-14
1999-09-07
Hofsass, Jeffery A.
Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system
Image superposition by optical means
Plural image superposition
345 6, 345 31, 345425, 359462, 359479, G09G 500
Patent
active
059493895
ABSTRACT:
A method of producing a three-dimensional image comprises the steps of: sequentially producing images of depth plane contours of an object by tracing the images representative of the contours in each plane; and projecting the contour images onto a moving screen to display the images at an appropriate point in space. The rate of production of the contour images is more rapid than can be discerned by the human eye such that persistence of vision creates an apparently solid three-dimensional image of the object.
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Hofsass Jeffery A.
University of Strathclyde
Woods Davetta
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