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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 13, 1998
Roger Roy Morton, Penfield, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus is provided that includes at least one of a lenticular screen and a barrier screen, an image bearing member, and flexures coupled to the screen and the image bearing member that permit relative movement between the screen and the image bearing member. In one embodiment, an image retaining member is provided that includes a slot that receives the image bearing member. In this case, the flexures are coupled to the image bearing member via the image retaining member. A mechanism is provided to supply audio that is synchronized to the movement of the image bearing member relative to the screen. The audio is generated from audio data that is either stored on the image bearing member or on a separate storage medium. The audio data can be stored in magnetic form, optical form or as digital data in a semiconductor memory device. Accordingly, the observer is provided with audio that is synchronized with the image display. Still further, a keying mechanism is provided so that image bearing members of a given set of image bearing members can only be utilized with a display unit that corresponds with the given set.