Apparatus for decoding an encoded light image

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR DECODING ENCODED MATERIAL WHERE THE ENCODED MATERIAL CONSISTS OF TRANSVERSE SEGMENTS OF AN ORGINAL IMAGE ARRANGED IN INVERTED SUCCESSION AND IN INVERTED RELATION TO EACH OTHER, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING MEANS SUPPORTING SAID ENCODED MATERIAL WITH SAID SUCCESSION OF ENCODED IMAGE SEGMENTS DISPOSED ALONG A FIRST ARC, A FIBER OPTICAL IMAGE-TRANSFER DEVICE ADAPTED TO BE ALIGNED AT ONE END WITH AN ENCODED IMAGE SEGMENT FOR RECEIVING LIGHT THEREFROM AND FOR DISPLAYING SAID IMAGE SEGMENT TO VIEW UPON THE OPPOSITE END OF SAID DEVICE, MEANS MOUNTING SAID IMAGE-TRANSFER DEVICE FOR MOVEMENT ABOUT A SELECTED AXIS LOCATED INTERMEDIATE SAID DEVICE ENDS TO DISPOSE SAID ONE DEVICE END IN A POSITION OF ALIGNMENT WITH EACH ENCODED IMAGE SEGMENT IN SEQUENCE ALONG SAID FIRST ARC AND TO DISPOSE SAID OPPOSITE DEVICE END IN A SERIES OF CORRESPONDING POSTIONS ALONG A SECOND ARC TO DISPLAY SAID IMAGE SEGMENTS TO VIEW IN REORIENTED RELATION TO EACH OTHER, MEANS MOVING SAID IMAGE-TRANSFER DEVICE ABOUT SAID AXIS FOR MOVING SAID DEVICE ENDS THROUGH SAID SEQUENCES OF POSITIONS ALONG RESPECTIVE ARCS WITHIN APPROXIMATELY ONE-EIGHTH SECOND, AND MEANS INTERMITTENTLY ILLUMINATING EACH ENCODED IMAGE SEGMENTS AS SAID ONE DEVICE END IS ALIGNED THEREWITH FOR DISPLAYING SAID IMAGE SEGMENTS CLEARLY TO VIEW IN REORIENTED RELATION TO EACH OTHER WITHIN SAID ONE-EIGHTH SECOND, WHEREBY SAID IMAGE SEGMENTS APPEAR TO BE VIEWED SUBSTANTIALLY SIMULTANEOUSLY AS A RESULT OF THE NATURAL VISUAL RETENTION OF THE HUMAN EYE FOR PERMITTING RECOGNITION OF SAID ORIGINAL IMAGE IN DECODED FORM.