The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 19, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert L Miller, San Pedro, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
353 62 ;
Abstract
The invention provides an efficient and versatile system for generating and displaying a portrait or other graphic image from an array of variously sized points of light, including the following embodiments: a basic pinhole portrait; a modified array with variable apertures; a secondary display of pinhole portrait images utilizing fiber optics; and a secondary display of pinhole portrait images utilizing reflected sunlight.