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US 4,115,002 AGranted
Method and apparatus for photographic recordation of multiple images
OwnerThomas D. Clarkinventor
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A method and apparatus for photographic recordation of multiple images having high information density is disclosed. A plurality of camera original photographs, of a first size and arrangement as a first group are mounted into receptacles in a copy frame and uniformly illuminated. The illuminated copy frame is located before a copy camera having independent lenses, for projecting independent, total images onto the image or film plane of the copy camera. A target area is located on the image or film plane. Each lens is adjusted to project a portion of its total image on the target area. The cumulative image on the target area comprises a selected portion of each independent total image, and each selected portion consists of an image of a different portion of the copy frame displaying independent images of the camera originals in a second size and arrangement as a second group distinct from the first group.
A method of reproducing separate and non-related graphic originals as a group of high information density images of a selected reproduction ratio comprising the steps of:
A method of reproducing separate and non-related graphic originals as a group of images of a selected reproduction ratio onto a single photo sensitive copy medium, each of the originals defining a reference square circumscribed thereabout, comprising the steps of:
An apparatus for reproducing separate and non-related graphic originals as a group of high information density images of a selected reproduction ratio comprising a frame having means for retaining the originals in a first widely spaced relationship and in a first arrangement as a first group, a lens support, and a focal plane defining a central traget area on said plane, means for locating said lens support between said frame and said focal plane, and a plurality of lens units positioned on said lens support whereby each of said lens units projects a selected and discrete segment image of said first group on said central target area and whereby a cumulative image from all of said lens units in said target area comprises separate images of the originals in a second more closely spaced relationahip and a second arrangement as a second group distinct from said first group.
An apparatus for reproducing separate and non-related graphic originals as a group of images of a selected reproduction ratio comprising a frame having means for retaining the originals in a first spaced relationship and in a first arrangement as a first group, each of the originals defining a reference square circumscribed thereabout and positioned in said first spaced relationship with such reference squares spaced apart by at least the length of a side of the largest of said reference squares, a lens support, and a focal plane defining a target area on said plane, means for locating said lens support between said frame and said focal plane, and a plurality of lens units positioned on said lens support whereby each of said lens units projects a selected and discrete segment image of said first group on said target area and whereby a cumulative image from all of the said lens units in said target area comprises separate images of the originals in a second group distinct from said first group.
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