Stereoscopic televsion including means to select either three dimensional or two dimensional reception

Claim 1

IN A TELEVISION SYSTEM, THE COMBINATION OF A SENDING STATION INCLUDING MEANS TO PRODUCE AND EMIT FIRST DEFINDE SETS OF VIDEO SIGNALS WHICH WHEN RECEIVED AND TRANSLATED IN A RECEIVER PRODUCE A RASTER CORRESPONDING TO VIEWING AN OBJECT FROM A FIRST DEFINED VANTAGE POINT, AND INCLUDING MEANS TO PRODUCE AND EMIT SECOND DEFINED SETS OF VIDEO SIGNALS WHICH WHEN RECEIVED AND TRANSLATED IN SAID RECEIVER PRODUCE A RASTER CORRESPONDING TO VIEWING SAID OBJECT FROM A SECOND DEFINED VANTAGE POINT, SAID VIDEO SIGNALS PRODUCING AND EMITTING MEANS INCLUDIDNG MEANS TO EMIT THE FIRST DEFINED SETS OF VIDEO SIGNALS AND THE SECOND DEFINED SETS OF VIDEO SIGNALS IN SUCCESSIVE ALTERNATION; TOGETHER WITH A RECEIVER INCLUDING MEANS TO RECEIVE BOTH SETS OF VIDEO SIGNALS IN THE ALTERNATION OF THEIR PRODUCTION AND TO TRANSLATE SAID TWO SETS OF VIDEO SIGNALS WITH PRODUCTION OF RASTERS IN SUCH ALTERNATION AND WITH PRODUCTION OF A THREE DIMENSIONAL PICTURE, OR TO TRANSLATE VIDEO SIGNALS CORRESPONDING TO VIEWING SAID OBJECT FROM A SINGLE VANTAGE POINT AND WITH PRODUCTION OF A TWO DIMENSIONAL PICTURE, SELECTIVELY; AND RECEIVER OPERATOR CONTROLLED MEANS IN CONNECTION WITH SAID RECEIVING AND TRANSLATING MEANS, CONSTITUTED EITHER TO CAUSE TRANSLATION OF BOTH OF THE SETS OF VIDEO SIGNALS ALTERNATIVELY CORRESPONDING TO VIEWING SAID OBJECT FROM TWO VANTAGE POINTS ALTERNATIVELY AND WITH PRODUCTION OF THE THREE DIMENSIONAL PIC-