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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:
Aug. 08, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 28, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard A Linke, Princeton, NJ (US);
Ian R Redmond, Princeton, NJ (US);
Assignee:
NEC Research Institute, Inc., Princeton, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03H / ; G03H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359 22 ; 359-3 ; 359-8 ; 359 30 ;
Abstract
A holographic data storage and/or retrieval apparatus having a spherical holographic recording medium and addressing means for rotating the recording medium to selectively expose the recording medium to data and reference beams at predetermined rotational positions. Whereby image data contained in the data beam is recorded in the recording medium and/or a data beam containing image data is reconstructed from the recording medium.