Patent ID: 8054547

Claim:
A seamless, shadowless, rear projection dome imaging system comprising: a) a 360° screen having a plurality of translucent screen sections; h) a rigid superstructure to which the screen sections are attached; c) clamping rings to hold the screen sections together; d) clamp arms to attach the screen sections to the superstructure; e) a pair of adjacent light guides held by the clamping rings; f) adjacent screen sections being held between said adjacent light guides; g) an array of projectors projecting a light image onto the rear of said screen sections; h) each of said light guides having rear faces, angled to be perpendicular to the projected light, through which the projected light enters the light guide, and narrow front edges, through which the projected light leaves the light guides; i) all surfaces of said light guides, except the rear faces angled perpendicular to the projected light and the narrow front edges, being coated with a black opaque finish.