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A circular scanning system for an integrated camera and catadioptric display has a photon camera tube with a scanning beam, a pixel clock generator for generating a pixel clock signal, a clock dividing arrangement for generating beam rotation signals, and a ramp signal generator for generating a beam radius transversing ramp signal being synchronous with the beam rotation signals. It also has an arrangement for generating a beam angle step signal for moving said beam in alternating interlaced frames and can accommodate a plurality of viewing stations, each directed to viewing a selected section of the image.

Inventor: James M. Dill
Original Assignee: EOL.sub.3 Company, Inc.
Primary Examiner: Tuan V. Ho
Current U.S. Classification: 348/37; 348/148; 348/522; 348/E05.024; 348/E05.051
International Classification: H04N 700

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