Photosensitive data providing system

Claim 1

THE COMBINATION COMPRISING: A PLURALITY OF N RADIATION-RESPONSIVE PICKUP MEANS EACH OF WHICH COMPRISES A PLURALITY OF PICKUP DEVICES ARRANGED IN THE FORM OF A MATRIX OF A GIVEN PATTERN, SAID PICKUP DEVICES EACH HAVING OUTPUT TERMINALS AND RESPONSIVE TO INCIDENT RADIATION TO GENERATE SIGNALS ON SAID OUTPUT TERMINALS, MEANS FOR CONNECTING IN COMMON OUTPUT TERMINALS OF CORRESPONDINGLY POSITIONED DEVICES OF EACH PICKUP MEANS, SAID PICKUP DEVICES EACH COMPRISING OPTICAL FIBERS CLAD WITH A PHOTOCONDUCTIVE MATERIAL, SAID OUTPUT TERMINAL BEING CONNECTED TO SPACED POINTS UPON SAID PHOTOCONDUCTIVE MATERIAL, A PLURALITY OF N CHARACTER MASKS EACH OF WHICH IS INDIVIDUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH A PARTICULAR ONE OF SAID PICKUP MEANS AND EACH OF WHICH HAS A DISTINCTIVE PATTERN OF AREAS REPRESENTATIVE OF PARTICULR INFORMATION, EACH OF SAID AREAS BEING TRANSPARENT TO INCIDENT RADIATION, EACH OF SAID DISTINCTIVE PATTERNS CORRESPONDING WITH A PARTICULAR PORTION OF SAID GIVEN PATTERN; MEANS FOR PROJECTING RADIATION THROUGH TRANSPARENT AREAS OF EACH OF SAID CHARACTER MASKS TOWARDS THE ASSOCIATED PICKUP MEANS; A PLURALITY OF N MEANS, EACH OF WHICH IS INDIVIDUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH A PARTICULAR CHARACTER MASK AND ITS ASSOCIATED MATRIX, FOR POSITIONING RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER, MATRIX IN A FIRST OR SECOND POSITION RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER, SAID FIRST POSITION BEING SUCH THAT THE RADIATION PATTERN EMERGING FROM THE MASK DOES NOT IMPINGE UPON THE PICKUP DEVICES OF THE ASSOCIATED PICKUP MEANS, SAID SECOND POSITION BEING SUCH THAT THE RADIATION PATTERN EMERGING FROM THE MASK IMPINGES UPON CORRESPONDINGLY POSITIONED PICKUP DEVICES OF THE ASSOCIATED PICKUP MEANS, EACH OF SAID POSITIONING MEANS BEING IN SAID FIRST POSITION WHEN UNENERGIZED, SAID POSITIONING MEANS ASSUMING SAID SECOND POSTION ON ENERGIZATION; AND MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY ENERGIZING INDIVIDUAL ONES OF SAID N POSITIONING MEANS.