Optical: systems and elements – Single channel simultaneously to or from plural channels – By partial reflection at beam splitting or combining surface
Patent
1993-09-07
1996-12-17
Epps, Georgia Y.
Optical: systems and elements
Single channel simultaneously to or from plural channels
By partial reflection at beam splitting or combining surface
359636, 359630, 359633, 352 86, 353 94, 353 98, 353 99, G02B 2714, G03B 2132, G03B 2126, G03B 2128
Patent
active
055859674
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for display of a three dimensional virtual image is provided. The present invention allows one or more objects, real images and virtual images to be displayed at one or more of an arbitrary number of depth levels along a viewer's line of sight. The present invention uses a plurality of beam splitters organized as an optical labyrinth to combine a images with the proper perspective and parallax to result in a three dimensional image.
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Epps Georgia Y.
Mack Ricky
The Walt Disney Company
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