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Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 1991

Filed:

Aug. 11, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:

Wendell D Brown, Cupertino, CA (US);

William T Glaser, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Nilford Laboratories, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350 9624 ; 350 9625 ;
Abstract

An apparatus for producing a pixel-modulated line light source from a point light source in which a fiber optic bundle formed of individual fibers arranged in a cylindrical array forming a tip at one end and having the individual fibers spread to a substantially flat line of fibers at the other end optically coupled with an optical shutter means which is constructed of an array of aperture cells disposd in a straight line region aligned with the flat line of fibers. The transmissivity of the aperture cells is individually controllable by electrical signals.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Brown, Wendell. (1991). Line light source (U.S. Patent No. 5033814). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/5033814

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