Optical waveguides – Optical fiber bundle – Imaging
Patent
1997-10-28
2000-07-18
Palmer, Phan T. H.
Optical waveguides
Optical fiber bundle
Imaging
385115, 385120, G02B 606
Patent
active
060918721
ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to polymeric fiber optic imaging bundles and their use for high resolution viewing of objects, including three-dimensional real time viewing of objects. The present invention also relates to an automated system for using these imaging bundles to view several objects with high resolution and to process this information rapidly to obtain and analyze characteristics of the exterior and interior surfaces of objects.
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