Patent ID: 7802887
Filing Date: 2010-09-28
Classification: G03B

Abstract:
1. A wiremap projector apparatus for projecting moving three-dimensional images within a three-dimensional viewing space, said wiremap projector apparatus comprising: an array of wires disposed between and substantially normal to a first plane and a second plane, wherein said first plane is defined by a first sheet and said second plane is defined by a second sheet that is substantially parallel to said first sheet such that a three-dimensional viewing space containing said array of wires is defined between said first and second sheets; a digital projector positioned with respect to said array of wires such that said digital projector projects multiple lighted pixel lines onto said array of wires to display a moving three-dimensional image within the three-dimensional viewing space; a position control actuator in communicative contact with one or more of said array of wires, said position control actuator including an actuating force means for moving the one or more wires; and an electronic position controller that generates a position control signal and sends the position control signal to said position control actuator for positioning one or more of said array of wires to specified positions within said three-dimensional viewing space, wherein said electronic position controller generates the position control signal from image data processed by said digital projector to project multiple lighted pixel lines onto said array of wires to display a moving three-dimensional image within the three-dimensional viewing space.