Rotating flat screen fully addressable volume display system
OwnerRobert G. Batchkoinventor
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Abstract
A rotating flat screen fully addressable volume display system incorporates a rotating flat screen upon which is projected a two-dimensional scanned image. The rotating screen serves to decode the image, creating a three-dimensional display of that image in a full cylindrical volume of space. A system of reflectors, rotating in unison with the screen, is positioned between the screen and the two-dimensional image generator to allow the two-dimensional image to strike the surface of the rotating screen at a constant angle throughout rotation. The display is capable of being presented in color and updatable in real time.
Claims48
A rotating flat screen fully addressable volume display system comprising:
- a. scanning means for providing a two-dimensional scanned image of light;
- b. a display screen defining a plane;
- c. screen rotation means for rotating said display screen about an axis of rotation coincidental to said plane;
- d. rotating reflector means for receiving said scanned image and reflecting said scanned image onto said display screen to form a three-dimensional fully addressable image;
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- e. means for rotating said reflector means about said axis of rotation of said screen.
A rotating flat screen fully addressable volume display system comprising:
- a. scanning means for providing a two-dimensional scanned image of light;
- b. computer means connected to said scanning means for processing graphics image data and transmitting said data to said scanning means;
- c. a display screen generally defining a plane;
- d. screen rotation means for rotating said display screen about an axis of rotation coincidental to said plane;
- e. rotating reflector means for receiving said scanned image and reflecting said scanned image onto said display screen to form a three-dimensional fully addressable image;
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- f. means for rotating said reflector means about said axis of rotation of said screen.
A display screen for use in a rotating flat screen fully addressable volume display system in which a projected two-dimensional image is reflected by a rotating reflector system upon a surface of the rotating display screen so as to create a fully addressable three-dimensional volume display on said surface, said surface of said screen comprising a plurality of three-dimensional curved shapes joined together to substantially define a plane upon which is projected the two-dimensional image from the rotating reflector system.
A rotating reflector system for use with a rotating flat screen fully addressable volume display system including a scanner which generates a two-dimensional image for projection upon a rotating screen to produce a fully addressable three-dimensional display, said screen rotating about an axis, said system comprising:
- a support arm extending transverse to the axis of rotation of said screen and having first and second ends and an openig adapted to receive a projected image therethrough;
- means for rotating said arm about the axis of rotation of said screen;
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- a first reflector fixed to said arm to rotate therewith about the axis of rotation of said screen and disposed to intercept and reflect the image to a specified point.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.