Stereographic book

Abstract

A handheld stereographic book-type device which includes a content support portion ( 8 ) configured to position and support stereographic content ( 1 A, 1 B), and a stereoscopic viewer ( 5 ) configured to enable interocular adjustment. The stereoscopic viewer includes adjustable left and right lenses and respective adjustable occluding apertures to enable perception of stereographic content configured with left and right peripheral monocular fields (FIGS. 7 - 9 , 2 DL & 2 DR). A viewer pivotal chassis ( 3 ) is configured to couple the stereoscopic viewer to the content support portion ( 8 ). The viewer pivotal chassis includes a plurality of pivotal axes ( 3 ) parallel to a line which bisects the left and right lenses of said viewer to enable the user to visually scan and traverse up and down the length of said content while maintaining focus of said content therewith said viewer ( 5 ).

1. A stereographic device comprising:
 a content support portion, a handheld stereoscopic viewer, and a viewer pivotal chassis;  
 the content support portion being configured to position and support textual, stereographic, and immersive content;  
 the content support portion being proportioned to convey, when said content support portion occupies a full field of view of the viewer when said viewer is at a position of focalization, content which is configured to convey four visual fields, including a left peripheral monocular field, a left binocular stereo field, a right binocular stereo field, and a right peripheral monocular field, respectively;  
 the viewer being configured to enable interocular adjustment, including adjustable left and right lenses and adjustable left and right occluding apertures configured to enable the right binocular stereo field and the right peripheral monocular field to be occluded from the left eye viewpoint and left binocular stereo field and the left peripheral monocular field to be occluded from the right eye viewpoint, respectively, the left and right occluding apertures being located in a common plane and being movable in the common plane to adjust the locations of the left and right occluding apertures;  
 said adjustable lenses and occluding apertures configured to facilitate interpupillary alignment with said content, to thereby enable fusion of the content of the left binocular stereo field with the content of the right binocular stereo field, to thus enable perception of a central binocular stereo field of three dimensional content, and with alignment of the respective occluding apertures, to also enable perception of the left and right peripheral monocular fields of two dimensional content, so that the full field of view, as perceived after fusion, consists of three fields of content including the left and right peripheral monocular fields of two dimensional content interposed by the central binocular stereo field of three dimensional content;  
 the viewer pivotal chassis being compatibly configured with said viewer and said content support portion to enable the viewer pivotal chassis to couple to said viewer and said content support portion so that the viewer pivotal chassis is interposed between said viewer and said content support portion;  
 the viewer pivotal chassis being configured to enable said viewer to be positioned in alignment with said content support portion and said content to facilitate perception of said content;  
 the viewer pivotal chassis including a plurality of pivotal axes parallel to a line which bisects the left and right lenses of said viewer, said axes being configured to enable a distance between said viewer and said content to be adjustable, so as to facilitate focalization; and  
 said viewer pivotal chassis axes also being configured to enable said viewer to function and be movable in a plane that is parallel to a plane common to the surface of said content so that said content is visually scannable with said viewer by moving said viewer in said plane up and down a length of said content while maintaining focus during movement of the viewer relative to the content to facilitate focalized optical conveyance of content having an image area greater in its entirety than is optically accessible with the viewer at one time.  
 
     
     
       2. A variation of the content support portion of the device of  claim 1 , wherein said content support portion is configured to position and support a page axis to enable a plurality of pages to be pivotable, the page axis being parallel to the line which bisects the left and right lenses of the viewer, each of said pages having first and second opposite surfaces, each of said surfaces being pivotally positionable to convey said content optically with said viewer, so that two pivotally exposed page surfaces, which are adjacent to and opposite each other and disposed one on each side of said page axis, in an arrangement commonly known as two spread pages, are visually scannable with said viewer while maintaining focus. 
     
     
       3. A modification of the content support portion of the device of  claim 2 , wherein said content support portion is configured to provide a rigid, generally planar surface to position and support said page axis and said plurality of pages, to enable at least two pivotally exposed pages, which are adjacent to and opposite each other and disposed one on each side of said page axis, in an arrangement commonly known as two spread pages, to be supported in a generally common plane. 
     
     
       4. A modification of the content support portion of the device of  claim 2 , wherein said content support portion is configured to provide an articulated, pivotable page support surface, with at least one pivotable axis to thereby enable the device to be conformable into a compact size when in a storage configuration. 
     
     
       5. An adaptation of the plurality of pages of the device of  claim 2 , wherein each of said plurality of pages is configured as a transparent sleeve to enable at least two photographic stereographic pairs of said content to be placed back to back and slidably inserted into each sleeve; so that the first and second opposite surfaces of each page display the image-bearing surfaces of said photographic stereographic pairs to enable said photographic stereographic pairs to be optically conveyed with said viewer. 
     
     
       6. A modification of the device of  claim 2 , wherein said plurality of pages and said content support portion are configured to be compatible with each other to enable releasable attachment to each other. 
     
     
       7. A variation of the content support portion of the device of  claim 1 , wherein said content support portion is configured to provide a rigid, generally planar surface to position, support in a generally common plane and releasably attach at least one surface of a page provided with said content, to enable said content to be positioned to be optically conveyed and visually scanned with said viewer while maintaining focus. 
     
     
       8. A variation of the page of  claim 7 , wherein said page is configured as at least one transparent sleeve, to enable at least one photographic stereographic pair of said content to be slidably inserted into said sleeve so that said content is positioned to be conveyed optically and visually scanned with said viewer while maintaining focus. 
     
     
       9. A variation of the content support portion of the device of  claim 1 , wherein said content support portion is configured as a generally planar surface provided with said content, which is positioned to be optically conveyed and visually scanned with said viewer while maintaining focus. 
     
     
       10. A variation of said stereoscopic viewer of the device of  claim 1 , wherein said adjustable left and right lenses and respective occluding apertures are configured to enable independent adjustment relative to each other. 
     
     
       11. A variation of said stereoscopic viewer of  claim 1 , wherein said adjustable left and right lenses are integrally merged and molded in one piece with said left and right occluding apertures, respectively, so that adjustment of said left and right lenses determines a corresponding adjustment of said merged occluding apertures. 
     
     
       12. A variation of said stereoscopic viewer of  claim 1 , wherein said left and right lenses are merged with said respective occluding apertures and provided with a means of adjustment to enable synchronized equidistant movement towards and away from each other, and at least one slidable adjustment switch to facilitate rapid and precise interocular adjustment of said left and right lenses with said merged occluding apertures. 
     
     
       13. A variation of said viewer of  claim 12 , wherein said means of adjustment to enable synchronized equidistant movement is a pivotable arm provided with first and second pivotal ends and positioned by a fulcrum; said respective first and second ends of said arm being compatibly configured for coupling thereto said respective left and right lenses and said merged occluding apertures; a pivotal axis of said fulcrum and pivotal axes of said ends of said pivotal arm being perpendicular to a plane that is common to the left and right lenses. 
     
     
       14. A variation of said stereoscopic viewer of  claim 12 , wherein said means of adjustment to enable synchronized equidistant movement included a pinion gear meshed with first and second opposing linear gears, each of which slide therein a linear path parallel to the line which bisects the left and right lenses, said respective first and second linear gears being integrally merged and molded in one piece with said left and right lenses and said merged occluding apertures, a rotational axis of said pinion gear being perpendicular to a plane that is common to the left and right lenses. 
     
     
       15. A structural conformation of the device of  claim 1 , wherein said content support portion, said viewer, and said viewer pivotal chassis are pivotally conformable into a storage configuration that interposes the lenses of said viewer into a shielded position between said viewer pivotal chassis and said content support portion. 
     
     
       16. A modification of the structural conformation of  claim 15 , wherein said content support portion, said viewer and said viewer pivotal chassis are maintained in said storage configuration with releasable fasteners. 
     
     
       17. A stereographic device comprising:
 a content support portion, a handheld stereographic viewer, and a viewer pivotal chassis;  
 the content support portion being configured to position and support textual, stereographic, and immersive content;  
 the content support portion being proportioned to convey, when said content support portion occupies a full field of view of the viewer when said viewer is at a position of focalization, content which is configured to convey four visual fields, including a left peripheral monocular field, a left binocular stereo field, a right binocular stereo field, and a right peripheral monocular field, respectively;  
 the viewer being configured to enable interocular adjustment, including adjustable left and right lenses and adjustable occluding apertures configured to enable the right binocular stereo field and the right peripheral monocular field to be occluded from the left eye viewpoint and left binocular stereo field and the left peripheral monocular field to be occluded from the right eye viewpoint, respectively;  
 said adjustable lenses and occluding apertures configured to facilitate interpupillary alignment with said content, to thereby enable fusion of the content of the left binocular stereo field with the content of the right binocular stereo field, to thus enable perception of a central binocular stereo field of three dimensional content, and with alignment of the respective occluding apertures, to also enable perception of the left and right peripheral monocular fields of two dimensional content, so that the full field of view, as perceived after fusion, consists of three fields of content including the left and right peripheral monocular fields of two dimensional content interposed by the central binocular stereo field of three dimensional content.  
 the viewer pivotal chassis being compatibly configured with said viewer and said content support portion to enable the viewer pivotal chassis to couple to said viewer and said content support portion so that the viewer pivotal chassis is interposed between said viewer and said content support portion;  
 the viewer pivotal chassis being configured to enable said viewer to be positioned in alignment with said content support portion and said content to facilitate perception of said content;  
 the viewer pivotal chassis including a plurality of pivotal axes parallel to a line which bisects the left and right lenses of said viewer, said axes being configured to enable a distance between said viewer and said content to be adjustable, so as to facilitate focalization; and  
 said viewer pivotal chassis axes also being configured to enable said viewer to function and be movable in a plane that is parallel to a plane common to the surface of said content so that said content is visually scannable with said viewer by moving said viewer in said plane up and down a length of said content while maintaining focus, said content support portion being configured to position and support a page axis to enable a plurality of pages to be pivotable, the page axis being parallel to the line which bisects the left and right lenses of the viewer, each of said pages having first and second opposite surfaces, each of said surfaces being pivotally positionable to convey said content optically with said viewer, so that two pivotally exposed page surfaces, which are adjacent to and opposite each other and disposed one on each side of said page axis, in an arrangement commonly known as two spread pages, are visually scannable with said viewer while maintaining focus, and wherein said plurality of pivotable pages, each having first and second opposite surfaces provided with said content, are configured so that the upright direction of said content is oriented towards the pivotal axis of the pages and said pages and said content support portion are compatibly configured to be releasably attachable to each other; so that said upright content of said first surfaces is oriented, attached, positioned, pivoted and viewed sequentially with said viewer and then be released, reoriented, reattached, and repositioned to enable said upright content of said opposite second surfaces to be pivoted and thereby viewed sequentially with said viewer.  
 
     
     
       18. A stereographic device comprising:
 a content support portion having stereographic content which includes a left peripheral monocular field, a left binocular stereo field, a right binocular stereo field, and a right peripheral monocular field;  
 a stereoscopic viewer including adjustable left and right lenses and left and right adjustable occluding apertures associated with the left and right lenses, respectively, the viewer being configured so that content of the left binocular stereo field is visually merged with content of the right binocular stereo field to enable perception of the fields of content including the left and right peripheral monocular fields of two dimensional content and a central binocular stereo field of three dimensional content located therebetween, the left and right occluding apertures each being located in a common plane and being movable in the common plane to adjust the locations of the left and right occluding apertures; and  
 a viewer pivotal chassis configured to couple the viewer to the content support portion.  
 
     
     
       19. The apparatus of  claim 18 , wherein the adjustable left and right lenses and the respective left and right occluding apertures are configured to enable independent adjustment of the left and right lenses and left and right occluding apertures, respectively, relative to each other. 
     
     
       20. The apparatus of  claim 18 , wherein the viewer pivotal chassis is configured to enable said viewer to be positioned in alignment with said content support portion and said content to facilitate perception of said content, the viewer pivotal chassis being configured to enable a distance between said viewer and said content to be adjustable to facilitate focalization and configured to enable the viewer to be movable in a plane that is parallel to a plane of said content so that said content is visually scannable with said viewer by moving said viewer in said plane up and down a length of said content while maintaining focus. 
     
     
       21. A stereographic device comprising:
 a content support portion having stereographic content which includes a left peripheral monocular field, a left binocular stereo field, a right binocular stereo field, and a right peripheral monocular field;  
 a stereoscopic viewer including adjustable left and right lenses and left and right adjustable occluding apertures associated with the left and right lenses, respectively, the viewer being configured so that content of the left binocular stereo field is visually merged with content of the right binocular stereo field to enable perception of three fields of content including the left and right peripheral monocular fields of two dimensional content and a central binocular stereo field of three dimensional content located therebetween, the adjustable left and right lenses being integrally formed with the left and right occluding apertures, respectively, so that adjustment of said left and right lenses causes a corresponding adjustment of the left and right occluding apertures respectively; and  
 a viewer pivotal chassis configured to couple the viewer to the content support portion.  
 
     
     
       22. A stereographic device comprising:
 a content support portion having stereographic content thereon;  
 a hard held stereoscopic viewer including left and right lenses to permit the content to be optically conveyed to enable perception of a binocular stereo field of three dimensional content; and  
 a viewer pivotal chassis configured to couple the viewer to the content support portion, the viewer pivotal chassis including means for enabling a distance between the viewer and the content to be adjustable to permit focalization and for enabling the viewer to be movable in a first plane that is parallel to a second plane common to a surface of the content so that the content remains in focus during a scanning movement of the viewer in the first plane up and down a length of the content to facilitate optical conveyance of content having an image area greater in its entirety than is optically with the viewer at one time.  
 
     
     
       23. The device of  claim 22 , wherein the viewer includes adjustable left and right lenses. 
     
     
       24. The device of  claim 23 , wherein the viewer includes adjustable left and right occluding apertures associated with left and right lenses, respectively. 
     
     
       25. A stereographic device comprising:
 a content support portion having stereographic content thereon;  
 a hand held stereographic viewer configured with left and right lenses to enable the content to be optically conveyed to facilitate perception of a binocular stereo field of three dimensional content; and  
 a viewer pivotal chassis configured to couple the viewer to the content support portion, the content support portion being configured to position and support a plurality of pages which are pivotable about a page axis, the page axis being parallel to a line which bisects the left and right lenses, each of the plurality of pages having first and second opposite surfaces provided with content, with an upright direction of the content being oriented towards the page axis, the pages being configured to be releasably attached to the content support portion to enable the content on the first surfaces to be oriented, attached, positioned, pivoted and viewed in the upright direction sequentially with the viewer and then released, reoriented, reattached, and repositioned to enable the content on the second surfaces of the pages to be pivoted and thereby viewed sequentially in the upright direction with said viewer.  
 
     
     
       26. The device of  claim 25 , wherein the viewer includes adjustable left and right lenses. 
     
     
       27. The device of  claim 26 , wherein the viewer includes adjustable left and right occluding apertures associated with the left and right lenses, respectively. 
     
     
       28. A stereographic viewing device comprising:
   a stereoscopic viewer configured to enable interocular adjustment, including adjustable left and right viewpoint lenses and adjustable left and right viewpoint occluding apertures; respectively;        the lenses and apertures being configured for viewing immersive stereographic content having a format which presents the content in four visual fields, including a left peripheral monocular field, a left binocular stereo field, a right binocular stereo field, and a right peripheral monocular field, respectively, when the content is presented in a plane of focalization with the respective left eye and right eye viewpoints of the viewer;        the adjustable left and right lenses being configured to enable interpupillary alignment, stereoscopic fusion and perception of the content presented in the left and right binocular stereo fields as a central binocular stereo field of three dimensional content;        the adjustable left and right occluding apertures being configured to enable the right binocular stereo field and the right peripheral monocular field to be occluded from the left eye viewpoint and the left binocular stereo field and the left peripheral monocular field to be occluded from the right eye viewpoint, respectively; and        the adjustable left and right occluding apertures being movable in a common plane in close proximity to the user's eyes, to enable the occluding edges of the apertures to softly blur and optically blend the perception of the bordering edges of the fused central binocular field with the perception of the left and right peripheral monocular fields, so that the perception of the immersive stereographic content conveyed by the viewer includes a central binocular field of fused stereoscopic three dimensional content seamlessly blended with and interposed between left and right peripheral monocular fields of two dimensional content.     
     
     
       29. The device of  claim 28 , wherein the adjustable left and right lenses and respective occluding apertures are configured to enable independent adjustment relative to each other. 
     
     
       30. The device of  claim 28 , wherein the adjustable left and right lenses integral with the respective left and right occluding apertures so that adjustment of the lenses also determines adjustment of the occluding apertures. 
     
     
       31. The device of  claim 30 , wherein the function of adjustment is characterized by synchronized equidistant movement of the left lens and integral occluding aperture toward and away from the right lens and integral occluding aperture. 
     
     
       32. The device of  claim 31 , wherein the function of adjustment is enabled with a pivotal arm positioned by a fulcrum with one end of the pivotal arm pivotally attached to the left lens and integral occluding aperture, and the other end of the pivotal arm pivotally attached to the right lens and integral occluding aperture; the axis of the fulcrum and the axes of the pivotal ends of the pivotal arm being generally perpendicular to a plane common to the left and right lenses. 
     
     
       33. The device of  claim 31 , wherein the function of adjustment is enabled by rotational movement of a pinion gear meshed with two opposing linear gears, each of which slide on a line parallel to a line which bisects the left and right lenses, one of the linear gears being attached to the left lens and integral occluding aperture, the other linear gear being attached to the right lens and integral occluding aperture; the axis of the pinion gear being generally perpendicular to a plane common to the left and right lenses. 
     
     
       34. The device of  claim 28 , wherein the viewer is configured as a hybrid stereographic book having a content support portion and a chassis that releasably attaches to the viewer so that the viewer is separable from the chassis and the content support portion; the content support portion being configured to support a multiple paged content packet having an axis to enable a plurality of pages to be pivotable, the page axis being parallel to a line which bisects the left and right lenses, the pages having immersive stereographic content thereon; the content support portion and chassis being configured to enable the viewer to be maintained in alignment with the content during viewing and pivoting of multiple pages of content. 
     
     
       35. The device of  claim 34 , wherein the plurality of pivotable pages, each having first and second opposite surfaces provided with stereographic content, the upright direction of the content oriented towards the pivotal axis of the pages; the axis and pages being configured for releasable attachment to the content support portion, so that the upright content of the first surfaces can be oriented, positioned, viewed with the viewer, released, reoriented, and repositioned to enable the upright content of the second opposite surfaces to be viewable with the viewer.