The invention provides an optical device for use in microscopes and screen projectors comprising a screen formed with multiple lenticular surfaces mechanically traversed at a speed above persistence of vision in the light path between an object and an observation plane, the lenticular surfaces increasing the angle of light ray pencil egress from their angle of incidence to an extent rendering the use of eyepieces unnecessary.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a division of my application, Ser. No. 202,743, filed Nov. 29, 1971, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,012,109 issued Mar. 15, 1977, which is a continuation-in-part of my co-pending application, Ser. No. 863,952, filed Oct. 6, 1969 and entitled "High Magnification Optical Apparatus", now abandoned.
A scanning-type image viewing optical system has a light source for emitting luminous flux; a main scanning means for scanning luminous flux in a first direction; a sub-scanning means for scanning luminous flux in a second direction different from the first direction; and an eyepiece lens for directing luminous flux scanned by the two scanning means to the pupil of an observer, wherein the main scanning means has a conjugate relationship with the pupil position of the observer via the eyepiece lens, and when the pupil diameter, i.e., the luminous flux diameter of the incident luminous flux at the pupil position of the observer, is designated d and the main scan diameter, i.e., the luminous flux diameter exiting the main scanning means, is designated d', the conjugate magnification .beta. calculated by d/d' satisfies the conditional equation .beta..ltoreq.0.85.
The invention relates to an apparatus for increasing depth sharpness and improving the resolving power of magnifying systems, particularly microscopes. An image-forming layer is inserted between the primary and secondary magnifiers of a composite magnifying system, in the optical path, after the object, in the image plane of the primary magnifier. The image-forming layer is comprised of independent particles dispersed in a medium, the index of refraction of which differs from that of said particles. The image-forming layer is disposed in the image plane, whereby the images coincide with the object plane of the secondary magnifier.
An optical projection viewing system of the type having a rotating lenticular screen mounted in an adjustable viewing housing is provided. The height of the front of the viewing housing is adjustable up and down to adjust to the proper eye level of the user. The optical path of the system is provided with structure which automatically changes the direction of the optical path to automatically adjust for height adjustment of the viewing housing.
The disclosure relates to a three dimensional color display wherein controlled modulated laser light of predetermined different frequencies is transmitted via fiber optics and combined in a fiber optic coupler to provide a combined light beam. This light beam is transmitted along a fiber optic path wherefrom it is collimated and a three dimensional color display is formed therefrom. The three dimensional display is provided by an x-y scanner for forming a two dimensional image from the light on the single fiber optic path, a rotating display screen for causing each point on the two dimensional image to move along a path making an acute angle with the two dimensional image wherein operation of one of the scanner and the rotating display screen is controlled relative to the other.
An optical instrument is described in which a diffractive element is located at a focal or image plane of the instrument and the diffractive element is effective to produce an array of a plurality of exit pupils at a viewing position for the instrument and thereby to form an enlarged exit pupil for the instrument. The diffractive element is formed to provide a plurality greater than two of optical diffractive gratings each being disposed angularly relative to others of the plurality of optical diffractive gratings.
