Abstract:
DEPTH OF RANGE INFORMATION IS EXTRACTED BY PROJECTING THE IMAGE OF A ZONE PLATE UPON A SCREEN AND PHOTOGRAPHING THE SCENE AT A DIFFERENT ANGLE FROM THE ZONE PLATE SOURCE. A TRANSPARENCY OF THE PHOTOGRAPH INCLUDING ZONE PLATE MODULATION OF THE SCENE FORMED ON PLANES IN THE SCENE IS THEN FILTERED BY A SCANNING SLIT AT THE ZONE PLATE FOCAL PLANE AND PRESENTED UPON AN OUTPUT SCREEN FROM END TO END, AS A FUNCTION OF ORIGINAL RANGE, FROM THE ZONE PLATE. THE REFLECTION OF THE IMAGE UPON THE SCREEN IN VIEWED IN A VARIFOCAL MIRROR DRIVEN IN SYNCHRONISM WITH SCANNING BY THE FILTER. THE SCREEN AND THE VARIFOCAL MIRROR MAY BE CONNECTED BY A LOW-BANDWIDTH, VIDEO CHANNEL AND A CHANNEL FOR CONTROL SIGNALS FOR THE MIRROR.
Abstract:
A system for deflecting a light beam such as a laser beam including a crystal substrate, preferably piezoelectric, having a reflective coating on its surface which functions as a mirror. At least one surface acoustic wave transducer is mounted on the crystal and is actuated by a high-frequency signal source. The transducer propagates surface acoustic waves on the crystal, which produce a periodic deformation on the mirror surface which functions as a phase grating. A light beam directed onto the mirror surface will therefore be deflected at an angle dependent on the acoustic frequency of the surface waves. A plurality of transducers arranged approximately in a semicircle on the crystal and selectively actuated provides a two-dimensional scanning system.
Abstract:
A system for parametric amplification and detection of signals using an acoustic diffraction device in combination with two or more laser cavities. Two types of operation are provided in the disclosure. In the first type of operation, two laser cavities are arranged so that the axes of the cavities intersect at a selected angle. An acoustic Bragg cell is located in the cavities at the intersection point. The two end mirrors of the first cavity are fully reflective. One mirror of the second cavity is fully reflective and the other mirror is partially reflective and partially transmissive. The first laser cavity is operated above threshold condition and the second cavity is operated below threshold condition. When a signal having a particular frequency f is applied to the Bragg cell, part of the laser light of the first cavity is diffracted into the second cavity and raises the gain of the cavity above the threshold condition. The second cavity then oscillates and the output of the second cavity is detected through the partially transmissive mirror. In the second type of operation, the structure is the same, however, if desired, both cavities may operate above threshold. When a signal at frequency f is applied to the Bragg cell, light is diffracted from the first cavity into the second cavity and the two cavities become coupled and oscillate only at frequencies which can be supported by the two cavities operating independently. The laser light from the output mirror therefore changes frequency indicating the detection of a signal at frequency f.
Abstract:
A METHOD IS DESCRIBED FOR FORMING SECONDARY HOLOGRAMS FROM EITHER A MULTIPLEXED (I.E. SAMPLED) HOLOGRAM OR FROM AN INTEGRAL PHOTOGRAPH WHEREIN THE SCREEN EFFECT NORMALLY PRODUCED BY EITHER THE MULTIPLEXED HOLOGRAM OR THE INTEGRAL PHOTOGRAPH IS ELIMINATED. AN INTEGRAL PHOTOGRAPH IS A PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORDING OF AN OBJECT THROUGH A PLANE ARRAY OF FLY''S EYES LENSES FROM WHICH THREEDIMENSIONS REAL AND VIRTUAL IMAGES CAN BE LATER OBSERVED. A MULTIPLEXED OR SAMPLED HOLOGRAM IS A HOLOGRAM WHICH IS FORMED BY INTERLACING A PLURALITY OF HOLOGRAMS IN A SINGLE EMULSION USING A MASK PLACED IN THE REFERENCE AND/ OR THE INTEGRAL PHOTOGRAPH IS ELIMINATED. AN INTEGRAL PHOTOGRAPH OR HOLOGRAM OF AN INTEGRAL PHOTOGRAPH, A SCREEN OR GRID EFFECT IS PRODUCED DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE FLY''S EYE LENS ARRAY IS DISCONTINUOUS AND THE AREAS BETWEEN THE LENSES IN THE ARRAY DO NOT RECORD ANY INFORMATION. IN OBSERVING THE IMAGE FROM A MULTIPLEXED HOLOGRAM, A SIMILAR SCREEN OR GRID EFFECT DUE TO THE FACT THAT A MASK WAS EMPLOYED IN PRODUCING A MULTIPLEXED HOLOGRAM. IN THE METHOD OF THE PRESENT INVENTION, A SECONDARY HOLOGRAM IS RECORDED IN THE FOURIER TRANSFORM PLANE OF THE IMAGE AND THE SECONDARY HOLOGRAM PLATE IS TRANSLATED IN THE FOURIER PKANE A NUMBER OF TIMES AND A SEPARATE RECORDING OF THE IMAGE IS SUPERIMPOSED FOR EACH TRANSLATION. SINCE THE SECONDARY HOLOGRAM PLATE IS IN THE FOURIER PLANE OF THE IMAGE, THE IMAGE DOES NOT SHIFT DUE TO THE TRANSLATION OF THE PLATE. HOWEVER, SINCE THE SECONDARY HOLOGRAM PLATE IS NOT IN THE FOURIER PLANE OF THE INTEGRAL PHOTOGRAPH OR THE MULTIPLEXED HOLOGRAM AS THE CAUSE MAY BE, THE GRID WILL BE RECORDED AT DIFFERENT LOCATION ON THE SECONDARY HOLOGRAM FOR EACH TRANSLATION, THAT IS, THE GRID WILL SHIFT DUE TO THE TRANSLATION OF THE HOLOGRAM. THE SHIFTING OF THE GRID FOR THE SUCCESSIVE RECORDINGS WILL CAUSE IT TO SMEAR OUT AND WILL NOT BE VIEWABLE IN THE RESULTANT SECONDARY HOLOGRAM.
Abstract:
Droplets from a liquid stream are directed between a pair of apertures and a light source, which is strobed at a selected frequency and directed toward the apertures. In one embodiment, the apertures are spaced less than a wavelength of the droplets apart and the light source is strobed at a frequency other than the frequency of the droplets. The time between when a first of the apertures is blocked by a droplet in the stream as indicated by the light being broken during a strobe and the time when a second of the apertures is blocked by another droplet when the light source is strobed is counted. This period of time will give the velocity of the droplets, and correction of the velocity is made, if the velocity of the droplets is not at the desired velocity, by changing the pressure, for example, of the manifold supplying the liquid stream until the desired velocity is obtained. In another embodiment, the apertures are spaced from each other a wavelength or an integral of the wavelength of the droplets, and the light source is strobed at the same frequency as the frequency at which the droplets are generated. The strobing frequency has its phase changed relative to the frequency of drop generation and the pressure of the stream changed until both of the apertures are blocked simultaneously. Any deviation from this indicates that the velocity of the droplets has changed and correction must be made.
Abstract:
SCRATCH RESISTANT RECORDING MATERIALS FOR ELECTROEROSION PRINTING NOT REQUIRING A LUBICANT OVERCOAT Electroerosion recording materials of superior scratch resistance are provided without the need for a lubricant overcoat by incorporating a hard, luricating hydrophobic polymer layer between the support and the removable, thin conductive layer to reduce plastic deformation of the support under stylus writing pressure. The intermediate polymer layer provides a highly adhering surface for the overlying aluminum film and contains graphite fluoride and/or fluorocarbon resins such as TeflonR and hard particles such as silica. The materials may be used in various printing processes including making directly readable images, direct negatives and wear resistant offset printing masters.
Abstract:
RECORDING MATERIALS OF IMPROVED LUBRICITY FOR USE IN ELECTROEROSION PRINTING Electroerosion recording materials are provided with a surface lubricant film of particulate lubricating nonconductive graphite fluoride and optional conductive materials in a polymeric binder. The lubricating agents reduce stylus scratching of the conductive layer during electroerosion printing, improve contrast, provide a beneficial coating on the writing electrode or stylus and improve the handling and writing characteristics of the recording material. The lubricating agents/polymer films are especially useful (1) where the substrate of the recording material is light transmissive and, after the electroerosion process, the resulting product is suitable for direct-negative applications and (2) where direct offset masters are produced by removal of noneroded lubricant film.
Abstract:
An improved apparatus and process are described in which metal images are transferred to a softenable receiving layer (32) using commercially available multi-stylus recording heads (10). The transfer medium is comprised of a resistive layer (16) and a thin metal layer (14) thereon. Electrical currents are provided by the recording styli (18) of the multi-stylus recording head. Localized electrical currents in the resistive layer (16) provide sufficient heat in the metal layer (14) to soften regions of a meltable receiving layer (32) when it is brought into contact with said heated metal layer. Metal imaging for use in printed circuit board manufacture and in formation of printing masters can be transferred by this technique.
Abstract:
The method according to the present invention enlarges a binary digital image by a method comprising the steps of: storing the rows of the image as a plurality of run end representations, in which a row is represented as a sequence of values giving the white and black run ends; enlarging each row of the image along the horizontal axis by altering the value of each run end representation to achieve enlargement on the horizontal axis by a factor F1; enlarging the image along the vertical axis by interpolating rows between the lines of the partially enlarged image so as to produce enlargement along the vertical axis by a factor F2; storing the enlarged size image generated by the above steps in run end form. An image enlarged by the method of the present invention may be reduced by the simple technique of dividing the image into blocks of pixels and assigning one pixel in a reduced image for each block of pixels in the larger image. Each pixel in the reduced image may by set equal to a center pixel in each block.