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US 5,471,328 AGranted
Segmented image holographic disks
AssigneeHughes Aircraft Company
InventorJohn E. Wreede
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Abstract
A hologram structure including a plurality of holograms having substantially identical reconstruction characteristics disposed on a substrate for rotation about a rotation axis and containing segments of a composite image. The holograms are angularly offset relative to each other about a rotation axis such that the composite image is visible over at least one narrow solid angular region pursuant to rotation of the holograms about the rotation axis and illumination of the holograms with a reconstruction beam.
Claims6
A hologram structure comprising:
- a plurality of holograms having substantially identical reconstruction characteristics, including an identical reconstruction angle, disposed on a substrate for rotation about a rotation axis, each hologram containing a segment of a composite image that is comprised of the superposition of the segments contained in the holograms and being angularly offset relative to each other such that all segments of the composite image are perceived, as a result of vision persistence, in at least one narrow solid angular region pursuant to rotation of the holograms about the rotation axis at a sufficiently high rate and illumination of the holograms with a reconstruction beam, whereby each segment is independently perceived when the holograms are rotated at a rate that is lower than such sufficiently high rate.
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