Patent ID: 6400506
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A rear projection system for forming a visually seamless image from multiple images comprising:a housing; a rear projection screen located in said housing; a first imager, said first imager projecting a first image onto said rear projection screen with said first image having a peripheral region; a second imager, said second imager projecting a second image onto said rear projection screen with said second image having a peripheral region with the peripheral region of said second image normally overlapping with the peripheral region of said first image; and a baffle, said baffle having a first side and a second side, said baffle located proximate said rear projection screen and spaced therefrom sufficiently far so as not to block projection of images thereunder but sufficiently close so that said first side of said baffle blocks projection of a portion of said first image onto said rear projection screen and said second side of said baffle blocks projection of a portion of said second image onto said rear projection screen to thereby limit the overlapping of the first image with the second image on said rear projection screen so that to a viewer the first image and the second image on said rear projection screen visually appear on the screen as a single continuous image.