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US 6,333,726 B1Granted
Orthogonal projection concealment apparatus
OwnerDavid S. Bettingerinventor
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Abstract
A pixel array-based orthogonal projection concealment apparatus applicable for continuously matching a mobile platform to its changing background integrates power means, sensing and inputting means for observer and background data, programmed computational means, and pixel array display means in a single apparatus. In its preferred embodiment the concealment projection image is displayed through a liquid crystal array.
Claims6
An orthogonal projection concealment apparatus comprising,
- a mobile platform equipped with
- an internal power source, communicating power by and connected by appropriate wiring means to
- a power controller, communicating power by and connected by appropriate wiring means to
- a pixel array on said mobile platform surface consisting of a multiplicity of pixels, and said mobile platform further equipped with
- at least one means of sensing and manually inputing digital estimates of observer position and distance, and
- at least one means of sensing digital estimates of background distance automatically, and
- at least one means of continuously capturing digital background images,
- all means communicating electronic data by and connected by appropriate wiring means to said internal power source and additionally to,
- a microchip driven computing device, communicating data input by and connected by appropriate wiring means to said power controller, and said computing device comprising,
- a pixel location database, and
- programmed means of observer visible pixel selection, and
- gray-scale determination means of occulted background position, and
- positional algorithmic computational means, and
- programmed means whereby said power controller activates an individual pixel to project an orthogonal image of a portion of said occulted background perpendicular to the observer in his line of sight, whereby the summing of the orthogonal images of all portions of said occulted background produces a concealed orthogonal projection of the total occulted background.
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