System for the creation and viewing of custom coded image animations

A system for the creation and viewing of custom interlaced, coded image animations, the system comprising:

• a camera body;
• a camera lens retained by the camera body;
• a digital camera unit retained by the camera body for capturing digital images through the camera lens;
• electronic memory for receiving digital images captured by the digital camera unit;
• image processing computer software retained in the electronic memory;
• a computer processor operative to process the digital images captured by the digital camera unit by operation of the image processing computer software;
• a shutter actuator retained by the camera body for selectively causing images to be captured by the digital camera unit through the camera lens over a time period;
• a printer retained by the camera body;
• a display screen retained by the camera body;
• wherein the image processing computer software and the computer processor are operative to process images captured by the digital camera unit over the time period to establish an image sequence comprising a plurality of images from among the images captured by the digital camera unit over the time period, wherein the image processing computer software and the computer processor are operative to create an interlaced, coded image from the plurality of images of the image sequence and to display interlaced, coded images on the display screen, wherein the interlaced, coded image comprises interlaced slices of the plurality of images of the image sequence adapted to be printed to create a printed interlaced, coded image, and wherein the printer is operative to print interlaced, coded images created by the image processing software and the computer processor from image sequences of images captured by the digital camera.