Industry Patents

Patent: 5331359

Method for Creating and Storing a Theatrical Design and Apparatus for Implementing Same

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Patent Number: 5331359 
Title: Method for Creating and Storing a Theatrical Design and Apparatus for Implementing Same 
Abstract: The method comprises taking a negative picture of a stage and any objects, scenery, characters or other props thereon, recording and storing said negative, creating, recording and storing complementary and/or additional theatrical effects to be superimposed on the original effects resulting from the recording of the first negative, and producing carrier plates intended for projection and comprising the data corresponding to said recordings. An apparatus for implementing the method essentially comprises a first, optical assembly (18) acting both as a photographing apparatus and as a projection apparatus, a second, recording/storing apparatus (13-14), and a third, projection plate-creating assembly (17).  
Country of Issue: US 
First Named Inventor: Leclercq 
Assignee:  
Continuation or Divisional of:  
International Classification: G03B 21/26 
US Classification: 353/28 
Issue Date: 07-19-1994 
Filing Date: 06-18-1991 
Application : 949873 
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Link to Patent at freepatentsonline.com: 5331359 at Freepatentsonline 
Link to World Patent Family1: World Patent Family at European Patent Office 
Link to Google Patents1: 5331359 at Google Patents 

 

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