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Patent: 8567954

3D Display System with Rear Projection Screens Formed of Water Mist or Spray

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Patent Number: 8567954 
Title: 3D Display System with Rear Projection Screens Formed of Water Mist or Spray 
Abstract:

A 3D display system using a planar sheet of mist or water droplets as a rear projection screen. The system includes a screen generation assembly with a nozzle configured to convert supply water into a screen of water droplets. The screen is substantially planar and has a front surface facing a viewing area and an opposite rear surface. The display system includes a projection assembly projecting 3D content onto the rear surface. The projection assembly includes a first projector projecting left eye images and a second projector projecting right eye images. The 3D content may be provided using polarization or other 3D technology. For example, the first projector includes a first interference filter and the second projector includes a second interference filter differing from the first interference filter, whereby the left and right eye images are presented concurrently on the rear surface with differing bands of the visible color spectrum.  

Country of Issue: US 
First Named Inventor: Koehler, Sykes 
Assignee: Disney Enterprises 
Continuation or Divisional of:  
International Classification: G03B 21/00 
US Classification: 353/7 
Issue Date: 10-29-2013 
Filing Date: 06-30-2011 
Application : 13/173066 
Notes:  
Link to Patent at freepatentsonline.com: 8567954 at Freepatentsonline 
Link to World Patent Family1: World Patent Family at European Patent Office 
Link to Google Patents1: 8567954 at Google Patents 

 

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