Optics: image projectors – Reflector – Plural
Patent
1978-04-12
1979-09-11
Aegerter, Richard E.
Optics: image projectors
Reflector
Plural
353 94, 353122, 350123, 350125, G03B 2128, G03B 2156
Patent
active
041673115
ABSTRACT:
A projector casts light rays upon a reflective surface to produce a focused scene, and within the periphery of the scene the reflective surface has a small aperture. Behind the aperture is a concave mirror which is positioned to intercept the projected rays that pass through the aperture. The mirror reflects these rays onto a small screen which is located adjacent to the aperture. The arrangement is such that the reflected rays come into focus at the small screen, producing a focused image of that portion of the scene seemingly lost at aperture. Light from this image is in turn reflected by the mirror so as to create a real image, the location of which is the aperture in the reflective surface. Thus, the real image of the small screen is observed at the void left in the reflective surface by the aperture and blends in with the remainder of the scene on that surface. As a result, the aperture is practically indiscernible. Another projector may be located behind the reflective surface to project a different scene through the aperture and onto another reflective surface located opposite the first reflective surface. A retractive optical system may be used in lieu of the mirror.
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Aegerter Richard E.
McDonnell Douglas Corporation
Shepperd John W.
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