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US 8,955,976 B2Granted
Projector system for animation of image cells
AssigneeFishco Innovation LLC
InventorTroy Fischer
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Abstract
An image animation system having a plurality of individual image projectors focused onto a single focal area on a projection surface or medium. Angled optics, or a prism, may be used to direct the projections onto the single focal area. Individual still images are projected in a sequence to created a projected motion animation.
Claims20
A projection system, comprising:
- a plurality of image frames;
- a plurality of projection light sources for projecting individual ones of the plurality of image frames onto a medium, the plurality of projection light sources being in alignment with the plurality of image frames;
- and
- a switching device for enabling the projection of the plurality of image frames by the plurality of projection light sources in a sequence or to oscillate the projection of two of the plurality of image frames in a back and forth manner, wherein the projection of the plurality of image frames is enabled by the turning of the switching device which makes contacts, via a plurality of contacts, with the plurality of projection light sources;
- wherein the projected image frames are displayed on the medium in accordance with the sequence.
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A projection system, comprising:
- a plurality of image frames;
- a plurality of projection light sources for projecting individual ones of the plurality of image frames onto a medium, the plurality of projection light sources being in alignment with the plurality of image frames;
- and
- a switching device for enabling the projection of the plurality of image frames by the plurality of projection light sources in a sequence at a speed that is synchronized to the speed of a toy, wherein the projection of the plurality of image frames is enabled by the turning of the switching device which makes contacts, via a plurality of contacts, with the plurality of projection light sources;
- wherein the speed of the turning of the switching device is synchronized to the speed of the toy;
- and
- wherein the projected image frames are displayed on the medium in accordance with the sequence at the speed dictated by the speed of the toy.
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A projection system, comprising:
- a plurality of image frames;
- a plurality of projection light sources for projecting individual ones of the plurality of image frames onto a medium, the plurality of projection light sources being in alignment with the plurality of image frames;
- a switching device for enabling the projection of the plurality of image frames by the plurality of projection light sources in a sequence;
- a sound card;
- and
- an output speaker for projecting audio sound to accompany the sequence of projected images;
- wherein the projected image frames are displayed on the medium in accordance with the sequence and each projection of each of the image frames is timed with a projection of an corresponding audio sound from the output speaker.
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A projection system comprising:
- a plurality of image frames, the plurality of image frames being contained on a master transparency slide, wherein the slide contains a plurality of image frames for a plurality of animations, and the master transparency slide being able to be swapped out for another master transparency slide containing a plurality of image frames for a plurality of animations;
- a plurality of projection light sources for projecting individual ones of the plurality of image frames onto a medium, the plurality of projection light sources being in alignment with the plurality of image frames on the single slide;
- and
- a switching device for enabling the projection of the plurality of image frames by the plurality of projection light sources in a sequence;
- wherein the projected image frames are displayed on the medium in accordance with the sequence.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.