US 2008/0165085 A1 · Elongated Display Fibers and Display Made Thereof

Abstract

The present invention relates to an elongated display fiber (1) comprising an optical fiber body (2) having a plurality of pixel positions distributed along the length of said fiber (1). At least one light source (3) is arranged to selectively illuminate said fiber (1) from at least one end thereof. Addressing means are operably associated with said fiber for sequential addressing of one of each of said pixel positions. The display fiber (1) further comprises means for selectively causing said fiber (1) to emit light at said addressed one of said pixel positions. The present invention further relates to a display apparatus (11) comprising at least one elongated display fiber (1) according to the present invention.

Claims17

Dependent claims

An elongated display fiber (1), comprising an optical fiber body (2) having a plurality of pixel positions distributed along the length of said fiber (1), characterized in that it further comprises:

at least one light source (3) arranged to selectively illuminate said fiber (1) with light from at least one end thereof;
means operably associated with said fiber for sequential addressing of one of each of said pixel positions;
means for selectively causing said fiber (1) to emit said light at said addressed one of said pixel positions.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

10/598,233Filed 22 Feb 2005

Priority

EP 04100821.02 Mar 2004

Published

10 Jul 2008

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

G02B 6/032
Optical fibres with cladding with or without a coating: with non solid core or cladding
G02B 6/001
The light guides being of the fibre type: the light being emitted along at least a portion of the lateral surface of the fibre
G02B 6/0073
Characterised by the light source being coupled to the light guide: light emitting diode [LED]
G02B 6/0096
Specially adapted for lighting devices or systems: the lights guides being of the hollow type

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Abstract

Claims17