DATA ENCODING AND DECODING APPARATUS AND METHOD
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APPARATUS AND METHOD OR SYSTEM FOR ENCODING AND RECORDING CODED DATA, AND RETRIEVING THE SAME BY DECODING AND DISPLAY THEREOF FOR DIRECT VIEWING OR FOR VIEWING ON A SCREEN. THE METHOD COMPRISES UTILIZING A MULTIPLE ARRAY LENS, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS A "FLY'"'"''"'"'S EYE" LENS, FOR "SCRAMBLING" THE DATA TO BE ENCODED AND ALSO FOR "UNSCRAMBLING" OR DECODING THE DATA. THE ENCODING MEANS INCLUDES PHOTOGRAPHIC MEANS FOR MAKING A NEGATIVE FILM, OR A DIRECT POSITIVE PHOTO, OF THE IMAGE APPEARING AT THE BACK FACE OF THE ENCODING LENS. IN THE CASE OF PHOTOGRAPHIC NEGATIVE, A POSITIVE PRINT IS MADE THEREFROM. THE POSITIVE PRINT, WHETHER MADE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IS APPLIED TO A PASTE-UP SHEET, WHICH IS PHOTOGRAPHED AND THE NEGATIVE THEREOF IS USED WITH A MASKING SHEET TO EXPOSE AN OFFSET PRINTING PLATE. ALTERNATIVELY, A POSITIVE PRINTING PLATE CAN BE MADE DIRECTLY FROM THE PASTE-UP SHEET AND USED FOR INKPRINTING THE ENCODED DATA. THE SYSTEM INCLUDES DECODING APPARATUS FOR CONVERTING THE ENCODED DATA BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL FORM FOR VIEWING AND, IF DESIRED, DISPLAY AND COMPARISON WITH OTHER MATTER, WHICH MAY APPEAR ON THE SAME DOCUMENT CONTAINING THE ENCODED DATA.
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