Display of still images that appear animated to viewers in motion
AssigneeSubmedia, LLC
InventorsJoshua D. Spodek, Matthew H. Gross, Brian Mills
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Abstract
Apparatus for displaying still images that appear animated to viewers in motion relative to those images includes a backboard, a plurality of images mounted on a backboard, and a slitboard mounted between the backboard and the viewer. As viewers pass by, the slitboard acts like a shutter creating an animation effect. Various backboard and slitboard side profiles, such as, for example, parallel and vertical, parallel and non-vertical, parallel and nonplanar, and nonparallel and nonplanar, can be used to facilitate installation of the apparatus in spatially-constrained environments.
Claims10
A method of displaying still images on a backboard that appear animated to viewers in motion, said method comprising:
- selecting a side profile for said backboard;
- representing said selected profile mathematically;
- selecting an optimal viewer position;
- selecting a worst case viewer position;
- calculating a magnification factor for said optimal viewer position;
- calculating a magnification factor for said worst case viewer position;
- determining whether said magnification factors result in acceptable observable images;
- preshrinking images in accordance with said magnification factor for said optimal viewer position when said magnification factors are determined to result in acceptable observable images;
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- mounting said preshrunk images on said backboard.
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