Apparatus for graphic distortion
Abstract
Abstract METHOD AN APPARATUS FOR SCRAMBLING AND RECONSTRUCTING A DOCUMENT PATTERN SO THAT THE RESULTING SCRAMBLED VERSION IS UNINTELLIGIBLE TO THE OBSERVER AND WHEREIN PRECISE REGISTRATION OF THE SCRABLED VERSION WITH AN UNSCRAMBLING UNIT IS UNECESSARY. IN THE FIRST EMBODIMENT, A BUNDLE OF FIBERS OPTICS HAVE THE ENDS THEREOF PLACED IN CONTACT WITH A DOCUMENT AND A RECORDING SURFACE. THE DOCUMENT END OF THE FIBERS OPTICS IS FORMED INTO AN ORDERLY ARRAY OF ROWS AND COLUMNS, WHILE THE RECORDING END OF THE BUNDLE HAS THE INDIVIDUAL FIBERS FORMED INTO A SERIES OF CORRESPONDING MATHEMATICALLY CONTINUOUS CURVES. IN THE SECOND EMBODIMENT, A FIBER OPTIC BUNDLE HAS ONE END FORMED AS A SINGLE STRAIGHT LINE AND THE OTHER END AS A MATHEMATICALLY CONTINUOUS CURVE, WHEREIN THE STRAIGHT LINE END OF THE FIBER OPTIC BUNDLE IS USED TO SCAN IN ORIGINAL WHILE THE CURVED END SIMULTANEOUSLY COMPOSES THE DISTORTED IMAGE ON A COPY SURFACE.
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- 👤 Morton Silverberg
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