System for projecting a simulated liquid surface

1. A projector apparatus, comprising:

an oscillatable and translatable inner patterned lens;

an outer fixed patterned lens; and

a light source configured to direct a portion of light through said oscillatable and translatable inner patterned lens and then through said outer fixed patterned lens, when said inner patterned lens is oscillating and translating.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein said oscillatable and translatable inner patterned lens is a concave lens.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein said oscillatable and translatable inner patterned lens comprises a repeating pattern across at least one of: an outer surface of said oscillatable and translatable inner patterned lens and an inner surface of said oscillatable and translatable inner patterned lens.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein said outer fixed patterned lens is a concave lens.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said outer fixed patterned lens comprises a smooth outer surface.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said outer fixed patterned lens comprises one of: a generally elliptical cross section, a rectangular cross section, and a semicircular cross section.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said outer fixed patterned lens comprises at least one of: a colored translucent plastic, a clear glass, and a frosted glass.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said outer fixed patterned lens comprises one or more guide holes extending through said outer fixed patterned lens and one or more switches in said one or more guide holes, wherein said one or more switches are operable to at least one of: change an emission color of the light source, and provide sounds of liquid movement through a speaker.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising:

a filter disposed on said outer fixed patterned lens, wherein said filter blocks a portion of light from said light source that did not go through said oscillatable and translatable inner patterned lens before reaching said outer fixed patterned lens.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein said filter is a thicker portion of said outer fixed patterned lens.

11. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein said filter is at least one of: an ink printed on a portion of said outer fixed patterned lens, a neutral-density filter disposed on a portion of said outer fixed patterned lens, and a color filtering disposed on a portion of said outer fixed patterned lens.

12. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said light source is a plurality of colored light-emitting diodes (LEDs).

13. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said oscillatable and translatabler inner patterned lens imparts a moving texture for modification through said outer fixed patterned lens for display upon a surface such as a ceiling to simulate a moving liquid surface.

14. A method of projecting a simulated moving liquid surface, comprising:

projecting, by a light source, a portion of light through an oscillatable and translatable inner patterned lens;

projecting a portion of the light projected through said oscillatable and translatable inner patterned lens through a fixed patterned outer lens; and

filtering, by a filter disposed on said fixed patterned outer lens, a portion of light from said light source that did not go through said oscillatable and translatable inner patterned lens.

15. The method of claim 14 wherein said oscillatable and translatable inner patterned lens imparts a moving textured image for presentation to said fixed patterned outer lens for display upon a surface to simulate a moving liquid surface.

16. The method of claim 14 further comprising:

providing, via a speaker, sounds of liquid movement.