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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:
Nov. 22, 1977
Filed:
Dec. 27, 1976
Albert Macovski, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Maxim Diagnostic Imaging, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A transparency is illuminated from the back or non-viewing side through an array of apertures with a light source which is invisible to the viewer. This light passes through the apertures and, after passing through the transparency, is reflected back through the transparency to the aperture structure. The region between apertures is a light converter surface which converts the invisible light to visible light. The visible light passes through the transparency to the viewer with the multiple passes providing contrast enhancement. An additional visible light source is used to provide adequate brightness in relatively dense areas of the transparency.
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