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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2011
Jack Langley, Portslade, GB;
Martin Howe, Haywards Heath, GB;
Craig Maddock, Burgess Hill, GB;
Nicholas Richard Coates, Southampton, GB;
Jack Langley, Portslade, GB;
Martin Howe, Haywards Heath, GB;
Craig Maddock, Burgess Hill, GB;
Nicholas Richard Coates, Southampton, GB;
ELECTROSONIC LIMITED, Dartford, Kent, GB;
Abstract
The invention provides an optical mask () for use in blending overlapping tiled images, the optical mask comprising a base (); an array of elongate sliding elements () arranged side by side on the support, each sliding element being independently slidable along an axis and being constrained against lateral translational movement; the mask having a transmission-modifying edge () for positioning in a beam of light to modify transmission of the light, the transmission-modifying edge () having a profile which is adjustable by moving one or more of the sliding elements () along their axes.