Patent ID: 6731429
Filing Date: 2004-05-04
Classification: B05B,G03B

Abstract:
A projection system comprising:a projection substrate comprising a front side from which a viewer views an image, a back side from which a viewer does not typically view an image, and a flow disturbance structure for causing water that travels over at least one of said front side and said back side to have a rippling characteristic; a water system for providing water to flow over at least one of said front side and said back side of said projection substrate so as to interact with said flow disturbance structure; and a projector for projecting an image towards said projection substrate comprising a lamp and an image holder for placing an image between said lamp and said projection substrate; wherein, during operation, said flow disturbance structure causing water that travels over said flow disturbance structure to produce a water ripple that interacts with an image projected by said projector to produce a perceptibly distorted image relative to an image in said image holder of said projector.