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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2002
Paul Anthony Thayer, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for directing light from a light source through a bundle of optic fibers, wherein the optic fibers are so arranged in the bundle such that at the end of the bundle opposite the light source, the optic fibers may expand into a display of an image generated by the light source. The apparatus comprises a bundle of optic fibers having a base end and a viewing end. The base end has a first angle across the bundle and is arranged so that light from the light source may be directed into the base end of each of the optic fibers. The light entering each of the optic fibers is carried to the viewing end. At the viewing end, each of the optic fibers is cut to expose an interior side face as a pixel viewing area having approximately a 1:1 aspect ratio.