Abstract:
A stereoscopic projecting apparatus has a polyhedral prism and two types of polarizing filters which are arranged at the incident (or emerging) planes of the prism and which have orthogonal deflecting directions. Left and right-eye pictures are alternately formed on the consecutive frames of a cinefilm. The cinefilm is driven in such a way as to cross the projection region of light emitted from a lamp. An optical image transmitted from the cinefilm is projected onto a screen by the polyhedral prism, through a relay lens, a projection lens or the like. The left and right-eye images are deflected in directions 90.degree. apart from each other, by the polarizing filters at the respective incident or emerging planes of the prism. A viewer can stereoscopically observe the image superimposed on the screen, using polarized viewing glasses having polarized lenses deflected in the deflecting directions of the images.
Abstract:
When used for projecting or editing motion picture film the optical rectification apparatus produces a stationary image of a frame of a moving film and a succession of superimposed stationary images from successive frames of the moving film. The apparatus employs an optically transmissive hollow cylindrical prism having a cylindrical external surface and an internal surface consisting of a number of facets. Light from the moving film is passed outwardly through the wall of the rotating prism and through a stationary plano-concave cylindrical lens positioned with its concave surface adjacent the external surface of the prism, but spaced slightly from it. The prism is connected to the same shaft as the film sprocket wheel resulting in an isotransport system in which the prism rotates in synchronism with movement of the film to deviate the light through an angle sufficient at each instant to compensate for the angular deviation of the light caused by movement of the film.
Abstract:
A film projector in which light from a light source is transmitted through a gate across which the film is fed. The light is directed through a ring prism comprising two coaxial contra-rotatable prism elements which are rotated in synchronism with the movement of the film. The radially outer surface of the outer prism element and the radially inner surface of the inner prism element are cylindrical. The light is directed through the prism elements in their radially inwards direction and a director element is disposed inside the ring prism to direct the beam of light from the projector. A positionally adjustable magnifying element is disposed between the gate and the ring prism to vary the apparent size of the film frame. A cyclically operating beam sweep element is disposed intermediate the light source and the gate to cause the light falling on any part of the film to illuminate that part alone during its passage across the gate opening.
Abstract:
A sequential picture apparatus, such as a motion picture camera, projector, viewer or scanner, or a microfilm reader, employs a film drive for continuously moving a film. The continuous film motion is compensated by a rotary prism having a predetermined overall diameter and a plurality of facets and having a first axis of rotation. The film is guided adjacent the rotary prism with the film sequentially facing the facets of the prism at the film guiding path. A rotary prism drive device has an effective diameter smaller than the overall diameter of the prism and has a second axis of rotation spaced from the first axis of rotation. The first axis of rotation of the prism extends through the rotary film drive means. The prism drive device is placed into driving engagement with the film adjacent the prism. The prism drive device continuously rotates the prism at the same angular velocity as the prism drive device whereby the prism is driven to compensate the continuous film motion.
Abstract:
A ROTATING PRISM IS USED AS A SHUTTER TO INTERMITTENTLY TRANSMIT LIGHT TO FILM THAT IS MOVED IN TIMED RELATION WITH THE ROTATING PRISM SHUTTER. THE PRISM SHUTTER CONTAINS AN INTERFACE BETWEEN TWO MEDIA OF DIFFERENT INDEX OF REFRACTION. THE INTERFACE ORIENTATION AND THE INDEX OF REFRACTION TO PASS LIGHT ARE ADJUSTED SUCH THAT DESIRABLE LIGHT PASSING THROUGH THE PRISM WILL MEET THE INTERFACE AT AN ANGLE OF INCIDENCE WHICH IS LESS THAN THE CRITICAL ANGLE, AND, HENCE, WILL PASS THROUGH THE INTERFACE. UNWANTED LIGHT WILL BE INCIDENT TO THE INTERFACE AT AN ANGLE GREATER THAN THE CRITICAL ANGLE AND, HENCE, WILL BE TOTALLY REFLECTED AND NOT PASS THROUGH THE INTERFACE.