US PATENT SUBCLASS 385 / 116
.~ Imaging (i.e., with coherent fiber structure and includes shaping, enhancing, and correcting)

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385 /   HD   OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES

115  DF  OPTICAL FIBER BUNDLE {3}
116.~ Imaging (i.e., with coherent fiber structure and includes shaping, enhancing, and correcting) {2}
117  DF  .~.~> For fiber scope (endoscope) {1}
119  DF  .~.~> With lens or mirror

DEFINITION

Classification: 385/116

Imaging (i.e., with coherent fiber structure and includes shaping, enhancing, and correcting):

(under subclass 115) Subject matter wherein images can be transmitted through a fiber bundle by having the individual fiber ends similarly arranged at opposite bundle ends.

(1) Note. An imaging optical fiber bundle is also known as a "coherent" bundle.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

345, Selective Visual Display Systems,

1+, for visual display systems with selective electrical control wherein the display system may include fiber optics.

399, Electrophotography,

137, for optical intermediate storage of original image formation, subclasses 196+ for variable magnification, subclass 218 for exposure lens, and subclass 219 for exposure of an image formation having fiber optics.