Laser pulse communication system
First Claim
1. A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM ADAPTED TO TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE DIGITAL INFORMATION COMPRISING IN COMBINATION MEANS FOR STORING DIGITAL INPUT INFORMATION AT THE TRANSMITTER END OF THE SYSTEM, MEANS FOR GENERATING A HIGH INTENSITY BEAM OF LIGHT CONSISTING OF RELATIVELY SHORT DURATION PULSES AT THE TRANSMITTER END, MEANS FOR MODULATING THE LIGHT PULSES WITH THE WIDE INFORMATION BANDWIDTH COMPRISING THE INPUT INFORMATION, MEANS FOR RECEIVING AND DEMODULATING THE TRANSMITTED LIGHT PULSES AND THEREBY PROVIDING THE INFORMATION AT A RECEIVER END OF THE SYSTEM REMOTE FROM THE TRANSMITTER END, MEANS FOR SYNCHRONIZING THE SEQUENCE OF INFORMATION CONTAINED ON THE TRANSMITTED AND RECEIVED LIGHT PULSES, A SERIAL-TO-PARALLEL CONVERTER CONNECTED TO AN OUTPUT OF SAID DEMODULATING MEANS, AND MEANS CONNECTED TO THE OUTPUT OF SAID SERIAL-TO-PARALLEL CONVERTER FOR STORING THE DIGITAL INFORMATION AT THE RECEIVER END WHEREBY THE RECEIVED INFORMATION MAY BE READ OUT AT A DESIRED TIME.
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1. A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM ADAPTED TO TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE DIGITAL INFORMATION COMPRISING IN COMBINATION MEANS FOR STORING DIGITAL INPUT INFORMATION AT THE TRANSMITTER END OF THE SYSTEM, MEANS FOR GENERATING A HIGH INTENSITY BEAM OF LIGHT CONSISTING OF RELATIVELY SHORT DURATION PULSES AT THE TRANSMITTER END, MEANS FOR MODULATING THE LIGHT PULSES WITH THE WIDE INFORMATION BANDWIDTH COMPRISING THE INPUT INFORMATION, MEANS FOR RECEIVING AND DEMODULATING THE TRANSMITTED LIGHT PULSES AND THEREBY PROVIDING THE INFORMATION AT A RECEIVER END OF THE SYSTEM REMOTE FROM THE TRANSMITTER END, MEANS FOR SYNCHRONIZING THE SEQUENCE OF INFORMATION CONTAINED ON THE TRANSMITTED AND RECEIVED LIGHT PULSES, A SERIAL-TO-PARALLEL CONVERTER CONNECTED TO AN OUTPUT OF SAID DEMODULATING MEANS, AND MEANS CONNECTED TO THE OUTPUT OF SAID SERIAL-TO-PARALLEL CONVERTER FOR STORING THE DIGITAL INFORMATION AT THE RECEIVER END WHEREBY THE RECEIVED INFORMATION MAY BE READ OUT AT A DESIRED TIME.
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Current AssigneeJames R. Whitten, Kiyo Tomiyasu
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Original AssigneeJames R. Whitten, Kiyo Tomiyasu
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InventorsKIYO TOMIYASU, Whitten, James R.
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Application NumberUS04/273,518Time in Patent Office1,078 DaysField of SearchUS Class Current398/125CPC Class CodesH04B 10/1121 One-way transmissionH04B 14/02 characterised by the use of...
