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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
May. 01, 2015
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Vineet Tyagi, Elmira Heights, NY (US);
Michael Lucien Genier, Horseheads, NY (US);
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
A headphone system includes a first audio speaker assembly and a second audio speaker assembly, a connecting body extending between the first and second audio speaker assemblies, and a light-diffusing fiber coupled with the connecting body, the light-diffusing fiber having a glass core and a cladding. At least one of the glass core and a core-cladding interface includes a plurality of light scattering structures. A light source is optically coupled to the light-diffusing fiber and configured to emit light into the light-diffusing fiber. The light scattering structures are configured to scatter the emitted light and output the emitted light at least partially along a sidewall of the light-diffusing fiber.