Fiber optic camouflage
First Claim
1. A fiber optic camouflage device, comprising:
- a first lens group comprising a plurality of first lenses, each being a first part of a lens configuration pair;
a second lens group comprising a plurality of second lenses, each being a second part of a said lens configuration pair;
a plurality of first fiber optic bundles, having a first end and a second end;
a plurality of first lens holders, each having a first end rigidly and securely fastened to one of said plurality of first lenses and a second end rigidly and securely fastened to the first end of one of said plurality of first fiber optic bundles, thereby positioning said one of said plurality of first lenses at the proper focal distance from the first end of said one of said plurality of first fiber optic bundles; and
means for connecting said first lens group and said second lens group so that all light entering into or exiting from any one of said plurality of first lenses belonging to said first part of a particular lens configuration pair is transmitted to or received from, respectively, the one of said plurality of second lenses belonging to the second part of said particular lens configuration pair, wherein the direction of the light entering into said one of said plurality of first lenses is unchanged upon exiting said one of said plurality of second lenses and the direction of the light exiting said one of said plurality of first lenses is unchanged from the light which entered said one of said plurality of second lenses, so that an object located between said first and second lens group is camouflaged when viewed along any direction of light entering or exiting any of the said lenses of the first and second lens groups.
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Abstract
A camouflage device uses fiber optic cables to conceal an object by routing light around the object using the fiber optic cables. Lenses are used to focus light into and transmit light coming from each end of the fiber optic cables. Each lens is connected to one end of a conical section with the other end connected to one end of a fiber optic cable, while at the other end of the fiber optic cable is another attached conical section and lens. Each lens configuration having a pair of lens and conical sections connected by a fiber optic cable is positioned around the object to be concealed in such a way that any light entering a lens is transmitted around the object to be concealed by the fiber optic cable attached to the lens and then out the other lens of the lens configuration.
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11 Claims
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1. A fiber optic camouflage device, comprising:
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a first lens group comprising a plurality of first lenses, each being a first part of a lens configuration pair; a second lens group comprising a plurality of second lenses, each being a second part of a said lens configuration pair; a plurality of first fiber optic bundles, having a first end and a second end; a plurality of first lens holders, each having a first end rigidly and securely fastened to one of said plurality of first lenses and a second end rigidly and securely fastened to the first end of one of said plurality of first fiber optic bundles, thereby positioning said one of said plurality of first lenses at the proper focal distance from the first end of said one of said plurality of first fiber optic bundles; and means for connecting said first lens group and said second lens group so that all light entering into or exiting from any one of said plurality of first lenses belonging to said first part of a particular lens configuration pair is transmitted to or received from, respectively, the one of said plurality of second lenses belonging to the second part of said particular lens configuration pair, wherein the direction of the light entering into said one of said plurality of first lenses is unchanged upon exiting said one of said plurality of second lenses and the direction of the light exiting said one of said plurality of first lenses is unchanged from the light which entered said one of said plurality of second lenses, so that an object located between said first and second lens group is camouflaged when viewed along any direction of light entering or exiting any of the said lenses of the first and second lens groups. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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