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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2010
Hakki H. Refai, Tulsa, OK (US);
Erik Petrich, Norman, OK (US);
James J. Sluss, Jr., Broken Arrow, OK (US);
Monte P. Tull, Oklahoma City, OK (US);
Pramode Verma, Tulsa, OK (US);
Gerald K. Newman, Norman, OK (US);
Martina Dreyer, Norman, OK (US);
Hakki H. Refai, Tulsa, OK (US);
Erik Petrich, Norman, OK (US);
James J. Sluss, Jr., Broken Arrow, OK (US);
Monte P. Tull, Oklahoma City, OK (US);
Pramode Verma, Tulsa, OK (US);
Gerald K. Newman, Norman, OK (US);
Martina Dreyer, Norman, OK (US);
The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (US);
Abstract
A light surface display for providing a three-dimensional image including a plurality of particles suspended within a volumetric display. A first projection system projects sequential slices of electromagnetic energy of one or more wavelengths along the length and width of the volumetric display energizing particles to form a two-dimensional image. A second projection system projects translational slices of electromagnetic energy of one or more wavelengths that intersect with the energized particles across the depth of the volumetric display. A control system synchronizes the projection of the image source and the activation source such that the two-dimensional image and the translational slices energize the particles for a pre-determined length of time so that the particles illuminate to form an illuminated three-dimensional image.