Patents Examined by Amelia Aui
  • Patent number: 5671007
    Abstract: A system and method for imaging and viewing, by a viewer, color and monochrome three-dimensional and two-dimensional. images for broadcasting in accordance with NTSC, PAL, SECAM, and other world-wide electronic viewing formats. The invention comprises a camera device, a viewing device, a transmitter for transmitting a drive signal, and at least one pair of viewing glasses. The camera device includes a single imaging lens having a multi-aperture light value, and a single image space for receiving and overlaying a plurality of left-eye images and a plurality of right-eye images at a field rate driven by the drive signal. The pair of viewing glasses includes a left-viewing light valve and a right-viewing-light valve. In response to receiving the drive signal, the left-viewing-light valve opens and closes, synchronized with the field rate, for viewing the plurality of left-eye images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 23, 1997
    Assignee: Magma, Inc.
    Inventor: Jimmie D. Songer