Automatic three-dimensional photo printer to align the key subject image
US4903069A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 24, 1989 |
| Grant date | Feb 20, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 24, 2009 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03B35/24
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method and a printer for printing an image array on the photosensitive surface of lenticular print film from a set of 2D views which involves moving the negative carrier on the printer in accordance with the equation ##EQU1## where S is the distance between key subject images of adjacent 2D views, PA0 T is the separation between adjacent camera lenses, PA0 F is the back focal length of the camera lens, PA0 K is the distance between the lens of the camera and the key subject K' and moving the negative by the appropriate S value between printing of adjacent 2D views. A fully automatic and semi-automatic printer is provided.
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