Dual image slide and/or video projector
OwnerKevin James Soper, Philip Brendan Banksinventors
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Abstract
A dual image displaying apparatus (10) is disclosed including a first light source (12) for emitting light through a first image (14) onto a surface and a second light source (20) for emitting light through a second image (22) onto the same or another surface. The first image may be produced by a slide whilst the second image is produced by a display receiving and converting electrical image information into the second image. Typically, this is a liquid crystal display (LCD). The apparatus further includes a plurality of filters and other optical components (16, 24, 30, 32) to assist in producing a good quality image as well as protecting the LCD. Instead of a slide, the first image may also be produced by an LCD.
Claims8
An image displaying apparatus, comprising:
- a first light source for emitting first light, said first light being transmitted substantially linearly though a first image onto a first surface, said first image being produced by a first display receiving and converting first electrical image information into said first image;
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- a second light source for emitting second light, said second light being transmitted substantially linearly through a second image onto said first surface, said second image being produced by said first display receiving and converting second electrical image information into said second image.
An image projecting apparatus adapted for the projection of at least two images, comprising:
- a first light source adapted to project first light substantially linearly through a first image and at least one first optical component to a first focussing lens;
- a second light source adapted to project second light substantially linearly through a second image and at least a second optical component to a second focussing lens, said second image being produced by a liquid crystal display screen, said first and second lenses being angularly adjustable, whereby said first and second images can be superimposed on each other;
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- a plurality of filters disposed between said first and second light sources and said first and second images.
A method of displaying an image on a display screen, comprising the steps of:
- providing an image displaying device having a first light source, said first light source being adapted to emit first light;
- transmitting said first light through a first image display device;
- optically modifying said first light with at least a first optical component to provide first optically modified first light;
- transmitting said first optically modified first light through a second image display device;
- optically modifying said first optically modified first light with at least a second optical component to provide second optically modified first light;
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- transmitting said second optically modified first light through a focussing lens onto the display screen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.