Three dimensional cloaking process and apparatus

Abstract

The invention described herein represents a significant improvement for the concealment of objects and people. Thousands of light receiving surfaces (such as CCD arrays) and sending surfaces (such as LEDs) are affixed to the surface of the object to be concealed. Each receiving surface receives colored light from the background of the object. Each receiving surface is positioned such that the trajectory of the light striking it is known. Information describing the color and intensity of the light striking each receiving surface is collected and sent to a corresponding sending surface. Said sending surface's position corresponding to the known trajectory of the said light striking the receiving surface. Light of the same color and intensity which was received on one side of the object is then sent on the same trajectory out a second side of the object. This process is repeated many times such that an observer looking at the object from any perspective actually sees the background of the object corresponding to the observer's perspective. The object having been rendered “invisible” to the observer

I claim:  
     
         1 . A means for receiving a light beam on a first side of an object and for generating a corresponding light beam on a second side of said object, wherein said corresponding light beam is intended to resemble the received light beam in trajectory, color and intensity.  
     
     
         2 . An array of surfaces for receiving light from at least two trajectories and a second array of surfaces for emulating the received light's trajectory, color, and intensity.