• DocumentCode
    1041282
  • Title

    Prism fiber reading tube

  • Author

    Miyazaki, Eiichi ; Tomii, Kaoru

  • Author_Institution
    Matsushita Research Institute Tokyo, Inc., Kawasaki, Japan
  • Volume
    18
  • Issue
    10
  • fYear
    1971
  • fDate
    10/1/1971 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    872
  • Lastpage
    878
  • Abstract
    A prism fiber reading tube (PFT) for fast facsimile has been developed. It features a new type of prism-shaped glass fiber which makes direct contact reading possible. This newly developed tube is capable of reading opaque original manuscripts, a procedure not possible with an ordinary fiber-optics tube. By electronic scanning, a manuscript can be read at television scanning speeds. The resolution obtained is about 10 lines/mm and the light efficiency is about 5 times as high as that of a conventional flying-spot scanner using an f/1.8 lens with unity magnification.
  • Keywords
    Facsimile; Frequency; Gallium arsenide; Glass; Graphics; Lenses; Microwave devices; Optical fiber devices; Optical transmitters; TV;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electron Devices, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9383
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/T-ED.1971.17298
  • Filename
    1476620