Optical waveguides – Optical fiber bundle – Imaging
Patent
1994-07-05
1995-10-03
Lee, John D.
Optical waveguides
Optical fiber bundle
Imaging
25022714, 348804, 385901, G02B 606
Patent
active
054558824
ABSTRACT:
An interactive optical panel assembly 34 includes an optical panel 10 having a plurality of ribbon optical waveguides 12 stacked together with opposite ends thereof defining panel first and second faces 16, 18. A light source 20 provides an image beam 22 to the panel first face 16 for being channeled through the waveguides 12 and emitted from the panel second face 18 in the form of a viewable light image 24a. A remote device 38 produces a response beam 40 over a discrete selection area 36 of the panel second face 18 for being channeled through at least one of the waveguides 12 toward the panel first face 16. A light sensor 42,50 is disposed across a plurality of the waveguides 12 for detecting the response beam 40 therein for providing interactive capability.
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Associated Universities Inc.
Bogosian Margaret C.
Lee John D.
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