Patent 7298533 was granted and assigned to WAVEFRONT TECHNOLOGY INC on November, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An optical layer comprises a sheet of material having a surface. The surface comprises a plurality of optical elements. The optical elements are comprised of microscopic patterns in the surface that cooperate to produce an image. Each of the elements has a focal length. At least some of the focal lengths are significantly different from other focal lengths, such that some portions of the surface appear to be closer to a viewer than other portions of the surface.