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INVENTORS: Munz, Otto John
ASSIGNEES: none
U.S. CLASS: 343/17 342/179; 156/58; 342/180; 342/190; 346/8; 346/33R; 346/107.1; 359/466; 430/30
ABSTRACT: 1. A method for producing a photo glyph record of three magnitudes, comprising a plurality of cycles, each cycle including the steps of detecting the first and second magnitudes to be recorded, of translating said two magnitudes into a two-dimensional actinic radiation, of aligning with said radiation a layer of a photo-emulsion of the silver halide type in a transparent medium suspension, of exposing said layer at a predetermined focus with said radiation, of developing and fixing said photo-emulsion, of covering said fixed layer of photo-emulsion with another layer of unexposed photo emulsion and of bringing said unexposed layer of said photo emulsion into said predetermined focus with said radiation and of repeating said cycle, the number of repetitions being controlled by the third magnitude recorded. 2. The process of reproducing objects to produce three dimensional reproductions comprising the steps of scanning a predetermined first sector of the object extending along the vertical directio n from base surface of the object, converting the scanning of said sector into a light image which can be projected to expose a light sensitive colloid emulsion, casting a light sensitive emulsion layer in a container which is movable in a vertical direction corresponding to the vertical direction of the scanning operation, exposing said emulsion layer in said container to the light from said light image corresponding to said predetermined scanned sector, developing, fixing and hardening said exposed emulsion to produce an image in said layer corresponding to the sector of the object which is scanned, and repeating said operations by scanning along successive sectors along said vertical direction, each scanning followed by converting into a light image, casting an additional emulsion layer on the last hardened image emulsion, developing, fixing and hardening to build up successive sectored image layers in the, container which are in registration with each, other to produce a three dimensional reproduction wi thin all of the layers disposed along the vertical axis of the container. [Formal abstracts were not written for many older patents. Independent claim(s) substituted for abstract for this patent.]XX
