US 7,342,722 B2 · Method of producing maps and other objects configured for presentation of spatially-related layers of data

Abstract

A method of fabricating maps and other objects presenting multiple sets of spatially related information. Spatial alignment data, such as geographical boundaries is selected. First and second images are created by aligning or mapping first and second sets of information to the spatial alignment data. A lens sheet or lenticular material is fabricated, and based on the lens sheet configuration, the first and second images are combined to create an interlaced image including alternating strips from the first and second images. The interlaced image is printed on a substrate or the reverse side of the lens sheet, and the substrate is bonded to the lens sheet such that the interlaced image is sandwiched between the lens sheet and substrate. The first image is visible when the map or object is in a first position and the second image when the map or object is rotated to a second position.

Claims12

Dependent claims

A map adapted for presenting multiple layers of spatially-related information and images to a viewer, comprising:

a substrate;
a lenticular layer formed of a clear plastic and including a plurality of parallel elongate lenses;
and
a printed image positioned between the substrate and the lenticular layer such that the lenses produce a first image at a first position of the map, a second image at a second position of the map, and a third image at a third position of the map,
wherein the printed image comprises a series of interlaced strips corresponding to the first, second, and third images and wherein the first, second, and third images comprise information from first, second, and third layer data sets that is all spatially aligned with a single set of spatial alignment data defining a geographical boundary.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

11/418,881Filed 5 May 2006 · division

Priority

13 Dec 2001

Published

US 2006/0203337 A114 Sep 2006

Granted

11 Mar 2008

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

G09B 29/004
Maps: map manufacture or repair; Tear or ink or water resistant maps; Long-life maps
B41M 3/02
Printing processes to produce particular kinds of printed work, e.g. patterns: maps; Sea or meteorological charts
G09B
Educational or demonstration appliances
B41M
Printing, duplicating, marking, or copying processes

Family

Application60/341,136Us provisional application · filed 13 Dec 2001

Application60/362,968Us provisional application · filed 8 Mar 2002

Application60/374,564Us provisional application · filed 22 Apr 2002

Application10/317,957Parent of this division · filed 12 Dec 2002

US 2006/0203337 A1Pre-grant publication · published 14 Sep 2006

US 2003/0128865 A1Published application

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Method of producing maps and other objects configured for presentation of spatially-related layers of data

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Method of producing maps and other objects configured for presentation of spatially-related layers of data

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Abstract

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