Optical display apparatus and method
CA 1074280 A · Owner: New York Institute Of Technology · Inventors: Glenn, William E.
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The disclosure pertains to an optical display apparatus, or fiber optics magnification panel and a, method of making same. The display apparatus comprises a light input surface defined by one end of each of a multiplicity of elongated optical carrier strands e.g. fiber optic strands, the one ends being arranged in a relatively closely spaced array of rows and columns. A light output surface is substantially perpendicular to the light input surface and is defined by the other ends of the strands, the other ends being arranged in a relatively remotely spaced configuration of rows and columns. Each column of strands extends rearwardly from the input surface to a depth which depends upon the …
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- Granted March 25, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended March 25, 1997.
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