Anamorphic system for redundancy in coherent fiber optic bundle transmission

An anamorphic system for redundancy in coherent fiber optic bundle transmission comprising, in combination:

• image source means having an optical output for projecting an image forming light beam along a first optical path, said image forming light beam having a circular configuration and a plurality of picture elements therein;
• enlarging means spatially disposed downstream from the optical output of said image source means along said first optical path adapted for redirecting said image forming light beam along a second optical path having a predetermined angle with said first optical path, and a third optical path having a predetermined angle with said second optical path so as to amplify each picture element of said image forming light beam in a predetermined direction such that said image forming light beam will assume an elliptical configuration;
• fiber optic bundle transmitting means having a plurality of fiber rows, each fiber row of which has therein a plurality of fibers, an optical input, and an optical output, with the optical input thereof spatially disposed downstream from said enlarging means along said thrid optical path adapted for receiving and passing therethrough said image forming light beam;
• contracting means spatially disposed downstream from the optical output of said fiber optic bundle transmitting means along said third optical path adapted for redirecting said image forming light beam along a fourth optical path having a predetermined angle with said third optical path and a fifth optical path having a predetermined angle with said fourth optical path so as to reduce each picture element of said image forming light beam in said predetermined direction such that said image forming light beam will reassume said circular configuration;
• a reflective display screen spatially disposed downstream from said contracting means along said fifth optical path;
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• projecting means positioned between said contracting means and said reflective display screen along said fifth optical path adapted for broadcasting upon said reflective display screen, in response to said image forming light beam, a visual image which is not distorted due to the breakage of one or more fibers within any fiber row of said fiber optics bundle, since each picture element of said image forming light beam has been amplified during passage through said fiber optics bundle transmitting means.