Reflective integral image element
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorRoger Roy Adams Morton
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Abstract
An integral image element, comprising: an integral lens sheet with opposed front and back surfaces, the front surface carrying convex surfaces of a plurality of lens elements; an integral image positioned behind the back surface; and a non-specular reflective layer positioned behind the integral image which layer reflects more than 80% of visible light reaching the reflective layer from in front of the layer, before penetrating the reflective layer a distance of 10 microns. A method of making the foregoing type of integral image element is also provided.
Claims19
An integral image element, comprising:
- an integral lens sheet with opposed front and back surfaces, the front surface carrying convex surfaces of a plurality of lens elements;
- an integral image positioned behind the back surface;
- and
- a non-specular reflective layer positioned behind the integral image which layer reflects more than 80% of visible light reaching the reflective layer from in front of the layer, before penetrating the reflective layer a distance of 8 microns.
A method of exposing an integral imaging element having:
- an integral lens sheet with opposed front and back surfaces, the front surface carrying convex surfaces of a plurality of lens elements;
- and a light sensitive layer positioned behind the back surface;
- the method comprising the steps of:
- exposing the light sensitive layer with light from behind the back surface;
- processing the light sensitive layer to fix any image from exposure;
- and
- covering the processed light sensitive layer with a non-specular reflective layer positioned behind the integral image which layer reflects more than 80% of the visible light reaching the reflective layer from in front before penetrating the reflective layer a distance of 8 microns.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.