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US4978216:
Figure with back projected image using fiber optics
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Liljegren, Gordon E.; Burbank, CA
Foster, Eugene L.; Monterey Park, CA
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| Assignee: |
Walt Disney Company, Glendale, CA
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| Published / Filed: |
1990-12-18
/ 1989-10-30
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| Application Number: |
US1989000429180
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A63H 3/36;
A63H 33/22;
G03B 21/00;
G03B 21/62;
G09F 19/08;
G09F 19/18;
G09F 19/00;
G09F 19/02;
Core:
A63H 3/00;
G09F 19/12;
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IPC-7:
G03B 21/26;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
353/028;
353/074;
Original:
353/028;
353/074;
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| Field of Search: |
353/028,44,74-78,121,122
350/96.15,96.18,96.24,96.26,120,117,118
352/086-89
446/297-302
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| Priority Number: |
| 1989-10-30 |
US1989000429180 |
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| Abstract: |
A figure is disclosed having a head with a back projected image to animate the facial expression of the figure. The image is back projected onto the head's face by a wide angle lens inside the head having an extremely short focal length. The lens is adjustable for focusing and image registration purposes in vertical, horizontal and lateral directions with respect to the face by a lens adjustment system also inside the head. The image is brought inside the head to the lens by a coherent fiber optic bundle having a high resolution which transfers the image from a remote image source, such as a motion picture projector. Independent movement of the head in all directions with respect to other parts of the figure is provided by a motion device. The lens adjustment system and fiber optic bundle ensure that the image always remains in proper focus and registration on the face despite free and unrestricted movement of the head by the motion device.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Pretty, Schroeder, Brueggemann & Clark ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Haroian, Harry N.;
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First Claim:
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We claim:
1. A figure, comprising:
- (a) a body portion having a translucent surface;
- (b) an image forming means inside the body portio for forming a visual image on the surface;
- (c) an image source outside the body portion for providing an image;
- (d) a bundle of flexible fiber optic strands coherently arranged to optically convey the image from the image source to the image forming means; and
- (e) a section of the bundle inside the body portion adjacent to the image forming means being permanently formed at substantially a 90 degree angle and encased within a housing connected to the body portion.
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