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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 1977
Filed:
Mar. 30, 1976
Max Epstein, Highland Park, IL (US);
Michel E Marhic, Evanston, IL (US);
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (US);
Abstract
An object-illuminating and imaging system utilizing, in combination, a laser beam as a light source and an optical fiber as a light transmitter. Light-focusing means are provided and the focused laser beam is, in a preferred embodiment of the invention, directed to impinge upon a single, small-diameter optical fiber. Sensing means such as film or a television-type camera may be used visually to reproduce and/or display the illuminated object. A light-flow-disruptive means such as a vibrator, acting upon a collimated line of illumination, serves to reduce objectionable speckle effects ordinarily present in coherent light beams, thus providing enhanced clarity as viewed and in imaged reproductions.
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