Carl Rowland Driskell

US Patent:

39506126, Apr 13, 1976

Filed:

Apr 14, 1975

Appl. No.:

5/567661

Inventors:

Joseph R. Owen - Orlando FL
Carl R. Driskell - Winter Park FL

Assignee:

The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy - Washington DC

International Classification:

G01C 2100
H04N 522

US Classification:

178 68

Abstract:

A synthetic motion generator system including a TV camera positioned to rrd a still life scene and a TV monitor connected to receive video signals from the TV camera and in which the vertical and/or horizontal sweep input to the camera is modulated by apparatus including a tuneable oscillator, a sawtooth generator and logic converter and sample and hold circuitry to provide to the camera sweep circuit a modulating signal which is a multiple of the television frame rate, plus or minus a few cycles per second, to thereby generate desired motion in the monitor display image. The invention is particularly applicable to the generation of sea wave motion from a still seascape scene and in this environment the invention includes not only the development of wave motion, but of speed and amplitude control as well as apparent direction variation. These functions are obtained through the medium of frequency and amplitude adjustment on the oscillator equipment and the provision of an input potentiometer and wiper arms connected to the oscillators to coordinately frequency vary the same to produce the desired wave function in association with the direction of a periscope operating the wiper arms.

US Patent:

39927180, Nov 16, 1976

Filed:

Jan 23, 1975

Appl. No.:

5/543594

Inventors:

Carl R. Driskell - Winter Park FL

Assignee:

The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy - Washington DC

International Classification:

H04N 308
H04N 914

US Classification:

358 61

Abstract:

For connection to a color television capable of producing red, blue and gn video signals representative of a real time 360. degree. scene, a 360. degree. color panoramic laser projection system wherein the outputs of red, blue and green lasers are modulated from the respective red, blue and green video output signals through a modulator system in order that the laser beams will carry the video information of the pickup video signals but at a greater visual intensity, together with a reflector mixer system to combine said laser outputs to a common beam and a 360. degree. scan, reflector and display screen system moving said common beam continuously through 360. degree. and in vertical scan to provide a reproduction of the original television pickup scene on a 360. degree. display screen.