US 12,167,177 B2
System for projecting images into a body of water
Mark W. Fuller, Studio City, CA (US); and James W. Doyle, Burbank, CA (US)
Assigned to WET, Sun Valley, CA (US)
Filed by WET, Sun Valley, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/876,462.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/226,680, filed on Jul. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0114596 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 9/31 (2006.01); G03B 21/608 (2014.01)
CPC H04N 9/3141 (2013.01) [G03B 21/608 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
10. A system for projecting an image into a body of water, comprising:
a body of water having a surface and a bottom surface;
a projector that provides a video or a still shot image projection; and
an optical translation device that directs the projection into the body of water and to the bottom surface, and that includes a window through which the projection is emitted;
wherein the optical translation device is moveable between a first position where the window is located above the surface so that the projection encounters surface effects of the body of water, and a second position where the window is located below the surface so that the projection avoids surface effects of the body of water; and
wherein the optical translation device moves in coordination with programming of the video or still shot image.