Patent ID: 6079834
Filing Date: 2000-06-27
Classification: G03B

Abstract:
A high-speed optical image selection system comprising:at least one image viewing area;at least one image projection path to direct images onto said image viewing area;an image storage member having a plurality of images, a reference marker location, and a plurality of image position markers;a motor coupled to said image storage member to rotate said image storage member at a high speed to complete one rotation in less than 1/50 of a second to move said images successively into said image projection path;at least one light source to project said images from said image storage member onto said image viewing area;operator control buttons to control and select images;electronic circuitry including a light control circuit to actuate said light source, and image position sensing circuit to scan said reference marker location and said plurality of image position markers and generate corresponding image position pulses;a microprocessor connected to said operator control buttons, said light control circuit, and said image position sensing circuit; andsaid microprocessor executing a software program (1) to receive and interpret said operator input to select images to be projected, (2) to receive and interpret said image position pulses to determine when selected images are in said image projection path, and (3) to send electrical signals to said light control circuit to actuate said light source when said selected images are in said image projection path to project said selected images from said image storage member onto said image viewing area.