Multiple recording system for video signals and optical images
AssigneeNippon Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorsAtsufumi Ueki, Nobuo Nishida, Shinji Takahashi
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Abstract
A multiplexed holographic recording system employs plural transparent positive pictures, each representing a different pictorial or video information content, which embody differing, unique pre-assigned spatial frequencies. A hologram is formed of the positive pictures, the reconstructed image from the hologram being identical in smoothed intensity distribution to a composite picture formed by superposition of the positive pictures. Spatial frequency filters are employed to remove, from the object beams transmitted through the positive pictures driving hologram formation, spatial frequency components assigned to other pictures. Accordingly, crosstalk between the multiplexed pictorial information is obviated.
Claims11
A multiple image recording system comprising:
- a plurality of pictorial information sources;
- means for forming a plurality of transparent positive pictures from said plurality of pictorial information sources by converting the information into mutually different spatial frequency regions preassigned to the respective positive pictures;
- and means for forming a hologram from said positive pictures so that the image reconstructed from said hologram is identical, in intensity distribution smoothed by filtering out spatial frequency components higher than any of said spatial frequency regions, to a composite picture formed by mutual superposition of the positive pictures;
- and spatial frequency filters disposed between said transparent positive pictures and the hologram forming medium during hologram formation for removing from the light beam transmitted through each positive picture such spatial frequency components as may fall in the spatial frequency region assigned to the other transparent positive pictures, before recording in the hologram.
In combination in a multiple image recording system, a plurality of transparent positive pictures each having information rendered therein in distinct relative spatial frequency regions, hologram recording means, for supplying separate coherent light beams through each of said positive pictures to said hologram recording means, means for supplying a reference coherent light beam to said hologram recording means, and spatial frequency filter means optically disposed intermediate at least one of said positive pictures and said hologram recording means to eliminate distortion of said information.
In combination in a multiple image recording system, a plurality of transparent positive pictures each having information rendered therein in distinct relative spatial positions, hologram recording means, means for supplying separate coherent light beams through each of said positive pictures to said hologram recording means, means for supplying a reference coherent light beam to said hologram recording means, and optical filter means optically disposed intermediate at least one of said positive pictures and said hologram recording means, further comprising means for generating said positive pictures, said picture generating means comprising an electron sensitive film, an electron beam source, means for sweeping said electron beam supplied by said source thereof across said electron beam sensitive film, a frequency band limited source of information to be recorded, and heterodyne means for shifting said band limited information source in frequency and modulating the intensity of the electron beam supplied by said source thereof with said frequency modulated signal.
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