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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2007
Lawrence C. Smith, Charlevoix, MI (US);
Lawrence C. Smith, Charlevoix, MI (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A wiremap projector apparatus for projecting moving three-dimensional images within a three-dimensional viewing space. The wiremap projector apparatus includes an array of wires disposed within a three-dimensional viewing space defined between a first and second sheet. A digital projector is positioned with respect to said array of wires such that the projector projects multiple lighted pixel lines onto the array of wires to display a moving three-dimensional image within the three-dimensional viewing space. A position control actuator includes an actuating force means for moving the one or more wires, and a position controller generates and sends a position control signal to the position control actuator. The position controller generates the position control signal from image data processed by the projector to project multiple lighted pixel lines onto the array of wires to display a moving three-dimensional image within the three-dimensional viewing space.