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Apparatus for displaying an image

US5861993A · kind A · utility

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4Claims
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Filing dateAug 1, 1996
Grant dateJan 19, 1999
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Expiry dateAug 1, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B30/56
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Apparatus for displaying an image suspended in space above a horizontal surface such as a tabletop or vehicle dash-board, of an original image below the surface, comprises a beam-splitter window in the surface and a retroreflector below the surface in a path for light reflected by the beamsplitter. The original image may for example be a VDU screen or vehicle instrument panel.

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