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Control of depth of field in three dimensional photography

CA 1108457 A · Owner: Nimslo Technology, Inc. · Inventors: Nims, Jerry C.; Lo, Allen K.W.

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In a camera for taking stereoscopic photographs wherein a lenticular screen and photosensitive film are exposed to an object field through a wide effective aperture the effective aperture size is controlled so that the image of a point on each of the nearest foreground object and the farthest background object in the object field is confined within a region of the lenticular screen which is not greater than 20 lenticules, and preferably not greater than 10 lenticules, in width.

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  • Granted September 8, 1981. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended September 8, 1998.
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FiledSeptember 22, 1978
GrantedSeptember 8, 1981
Term endedSeptember 8, 1998
Patent numberCA 1108457 A
Classification (IPC)G03B35/00

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1979198119831985198719891991199319951997Application filedSep 22, 1978Patent grantedSep 8, 1981Term endedSep 8, 1998

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