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Self-masking transparency viewing apparatus

US5430964A · kind A · utility

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11Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 30, 1992
Grant dateJul 11, 1995
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 30, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B27/024
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A viewing apparatus for transparencies or the like masks any display areas not covered by transparencies by generating masks without moving parts, and adapts the luminance level of the image under study and of other display areas to the optimal viewing conditions required by the observer.

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