摘要 |
An image animation apparatus having a plurality of translucent images on the wall of a rotating cylinder and a pulsable light source emanating from the cylinder interior. The light source is pulsed in a synchronized manner so that said images are optically aligned in a viewing window in a predetermined order and thereby viewed in such order creating the desired animation effect. An electronic controller receiving cylinder position and velocity information commands the pulsable light source to emit light when the desired imaged has rotated into the viewable position inside the apparatus housing. The cylinder is rotatably driven by a small motor in circular fashion so that each of the images passes by a viewing window. However the viewer only sees the images when the pulsable light source is triggered by the controller. Thus the sequence of images viewed is determined by the controller's programming. Any particular sequence of image motion can be displayed in reverse by simply illuminating the sequence in reverse order.
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