Patent ID: 7154527

Claim:
Stereoscopic device comprising: at least two apertures, each of said apertures including a light valve, each of said light valves being operative to open at a different predetermined timing; a multi wavelength light sensor array comprising a plurality of sensors, wherein each of the plurality of sensors is a multi wavelength sensor, a controllable multi wavelength illumination unit illuminating a scene, said controllable multi wavelength illumination unit producing at least two separated alternating beams of light, each said beams of light characterized as being in a different range of wavelengths, a controller connected to said light valves, said multi wavelength light sensor array, and to said controllable multi wavelength illumination unit, said controller coordinating the timing and the operation of said light valves, with said controllable multi wavelength illumination unit, and with said multi wavelength light sensor array, to detect a plurality of images, so that for each of said plurality of images, only a single one of said light valves exhibits an open state and only one of said at least two separated alternating beams of light illuminates the detected scene.