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US 2014/0063605 A9Published application
Method and system for producing multiple images in a single image plane using diffraction
AssigneeStamper Technologies, Inc.
InventorBruce Ha
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Abstract
Methods create images viewable under different selected angles on optical storage devices and other photosensitive surfaces and optical storage devices with super-imposed images. Generally, a photosensitive surface is exposed with multiple diffraction patterns creating super-imposed images. These diffraction patterns create super-imposed images on the photosensitive surfaces, which can be read by either a human or a computer.
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An apparatus with multiple diffraction images, the apparatus comprising:
- a substrate;
- and
- a plurality of diffractive elements coupled to the substrate,
- wherein a first portion of the plurality of diffractive elements is reconstructable to form a first image viewable at a first angle,
- wherein a second portion of the plurality of diffractive elements is reconstructable to form a second image viewable at a second angle different from the first angle,
- wherein the plurality of diffractive elements are formed by pressing the substrate with a stamper,
- wherein the stamper is formed by replicating an exposed photosensitive substrate,
- wherein the exposed photosensitive substrate is formed by exposing the photosensitive substrate, during rotation of the photosensitive substrate, to a single laser beam wavefront,
- wherein the exposing is accomplished without a reference beam impacting the photosensitive substrate, and
- wherein the exposing is accomplished with one laser beam impact point.
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A method for pressing a disc, comprising:
- providing a disc configured to be pressed by a stamper;
- and
- pressing the disc with the stamper to form a plurality of diffractive elements on the disc,
- wherein the stamper is formed by:
- exposing, solely by a single spherical wavefront, a rotating photosensitive substrate a first time to form a plurality of first diffractive elements, wherein the plurality of first diffractive elements are reconstructable to form a first image viewable at a first angle;
- exposing, solely by the single spherical wavefront, the rotating photosensitive substrate a second time to form a plurality of second diffractive elements, wherein the plurality of second diffractive elements are reconstructable to form a second image viewable at a second angle different from the first angle;
- and
- replicating the photosensitive substrate.
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A method for pressing a disc, comprising:
- providing a disc configured to be pressed by a stamper;
- and
- pressing the disc with the stamper to form a plurality of diffractive elements on the disc,
- wherein the stamper is formed by replicating a master,
- wherein the master is formed by exposing a rotating photosensitive substrate to a single laser beam wavefront, wherein the exposing is accomplished without a reference beam impacting the rotating photosensitive substrate, and wherein the exposing is accomplished with one laser beam impact point.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.