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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:
Apr. 24, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 13, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michel Moulin, Apples, CH;
Assignee:
Kodak Polychrome Graphics LLC, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 1/03 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 1/03 ;
Abstract
An imaging device comprising an electro-optic modulator for modulating incident laser beams; an array of adjacent electrodes comprising a group of imaging electrodes addressed in accordance with image information; means to illuminate an area slightly larger than the width of said imaging electrodes; and one or more additional electrodes located on each side of said group of imaging electrodes to permanently direct extraneous marginal beams to light-stop means so that only the light emerging from the imaging electrodes is allowed to reach a light sensitive medium.