Light beam information presentation control means

Claim 2

Light beam information presentation apparatus comprising: a. a light source and means for deriving a beam of light therefrom having a predetermined cross-sectional dimension; b. a light-stopping member supported in the path of said beam presenting a light-passing area having a longitudinal dimension substantially greater than said cross-sectional dimension; c. an electro-optic light beam deflector, intermediate said stopping member and said light source, including electrically controllable light-refractive material and electrodes with means for subjecting said material to the influence of an electrical potential for effecting deflections of said beam along said longitudinal dimension and, thereby, the entry of said beam to the light-passing area along said longitudinal dimension; and d. another electro-optic light beam deflector, intermediate said stopping member and said light source, including electrically controllable light-refractive material and electrodes with means for subjecting said material to the influence of an electrical potential for deflecting said beam in a direction substantially perpendicular to said longitudinal dimension for selectively interrupting the entry of said beam to the lightpassing area during said deflections of the beam along the longitudinal dimension thereof.

Claim 3

The invention as set forth in claim 1 additionally including: e. said light-stopping member having a thickness dimension and said light-passing area comprising a light-transparent window extending through said thickness dimension.

Claim 4

The invention as set forth in claim 1 additionally including: e. said light-stopping member having a thickness dimension and said light-passing area including an array of individual light-conducting fibers extending through said thickness dimension.

Claim 5

Light beam information presentation apparatus comprising: a. a light source and means for deriving a beam of light therefrom; b. a light-responsive medium; c. light-stopping means intermediate said source and said medium, presenting a series of light-passing areas to said beam; d. a light beam deflection system intermediate said source and said light-stopping means including electrically controllable light-refractive material and electrodes with means for connecting the influence of an electrical potential to said electrodes; e. means for extending the influence of a combination of electrical potentials to the electrodes of said deflection system for effecting changes in the refractive index of said material and, accordingly, deflections of said beam in a first direction for exposing, successively, said light-passing areas to said beam in combination with deflections of said beam in a second direction for effecting a series of interruptions in said exposing of the light-passing areas to said beam; f. a plurality of fibers of light-conducting material, each having first and second end surfaces; g. each of said light-passing areas comprising a first end surface of one of said fibers and upon an exposing of the beam thereto light will be conducted to the second end surface of said one fiber; and h. means for exposing said medium to light being conducted to the second end surfaces of said fibers and forming information thereon corresponding to said exposing of the light-passing areas to said beam in combination with said interruptions in the exposing of the light-passing areas to said beam.

Claim 6

Light beam information presentation apparatus comprising: a. a light source and means for deriving a beam of light therefrom; b. a light-responsive medium; c. light-stopping means intermediate said source and said medium, presenting a series of light-passing areas to said beam; d. a light beam deflection system intermediate said source and said light-stopping means including electrically controllable light-refractive material and electrodes with means for connecting the influence of an electrical potential to said electrodes; e. means for extending the influence of a combination of electrical potentials to the electrodes of said deflection system for effecting changes in the refractive index of said material and, accordingly, deflections of said beam in a first direction for exposing, successively, said light-passing areas to said beam in combination with deflections of said beam in a second direction for effecting a series of interruptions in said exposing of the light-passing areas to said beam; f. a plurality of fibers of light-conducting material, each having first and second end surfaces; g. each of said light-passing areas comprising a first end surface of one of said fibers and upon an exposing of the beam thereto light will be conducted to the second end surface of said one fiber; and h. means for exposing said medium to light being conducted to the second end surfaces of said fibers and forming information thereon corresponding to said exposing of the light-passing areas to said beam in combination with said interruptions in the exposing of the light-passing areas to said beam.

Claim 7

The invention as set forth in claim 4 additionally including: i. said second end surfaces of the plurality of fibers supported and arranged in a series of vertically oriented arrays of light-emitting eNds from which said information will be exposed to said medium.

Claim 8

Light beam information presentation apparatus comprising: a. a light source and means for deriving a beam of light therefrom; b. light-stopping means supported in the path of said beam presenting a light-passing area having a longitudinal dimension; c. a light beam deflection system intermediate said source and said light-stopping means including electrically controllable light-refractive material and electrodes with means for connecting the influence of an electrical potential to said electrodes; and d. means for extending the influence of a combination of electrical potentials to the electrodes of said deflection system for effecting changes in the refractive index of said material and, accordingly, deflections of said beam along said longitudinal dimension of the light-passing area and, thereby, the entry of said beam of light to the light-passing area along said longitudinal dimension, in combination with deflections of said beam in a direction substantially perpendicular to said longitudinal dimension for selectively interrupting the entry of said beam to the light-passing area during said deflections of the beam along the longitudinal dimension thereof.

Claim 9

Light beam information presentation apparatus comprising: a. a light source and means for deriving a beam of light therefrom; b. light-stopping means supported in the path of said beam presenting a light-passing area having a longitudinal dimension; c. a light beam deflection system intermediate said source and said light-stopping means including electrically controllable light-refractive material and electrodes with means for connecting the influence of an electrical potential to said electrodes; and d. means for extending the influence of a combination of electrical potentials to the electrodes of said deflection system for effecting changes in the refractive index of said material and, accordingly, deflections of said beam along said longitudinal dimension of the light-passing area and, thereby, the entry of said beam of light to the light-passing area along said longitudinal dimension, in combination with deflections of said beam in a direction substantially perpendicular to said longitudinal dimension for selectively interrupting the entry of said beam to the light-passing area during said deflections of the beam along the longitudinal dimension thereof.