Patent US 4,094,596

An animated image presentation apparatus operable in conjunction with a multiple-image microrecord in which a plurality of interrelated images are recorded on a reduced scale in a manner whereby each image is dissected into a multiplicity of bits which are dispersed to form an image pattern that is distinct from and interlaced with the image patterns defined by the recordings of the other images. The apparatus includes a lens matrix disposed in parallel relation to the microrecord to project an image pattern in registration therewith onto a screen, the matrix being constituted by an array of lensettes that are dispersed on the matrix to assume positions that are optically aligned with the bits in the image pattern. The microrecord is indexed relative to the matrix to successively register in a predetermined sequence the image patterns recorded on the record with the array of lensettes for presentation on the screen at a rate providing an animated display.