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RE: [Vo]:Stationary Fresnel Array (Hybrid)

Hoyt A. Stearns Jr.
Sun, 04 May 2008 16:47:47 -0700

I don't know if this is relevant, but I'm reminded of what I thought was a
clever design of a supermarket bar code reader, whereby they built the
conventional spinning mirrors/optics system, then took a hologram of the
system, and now just spin the laser illuminated hologram to scan the complex
raster on the bar code.

Hoyt Stearns
Scottsdale, Arizona US
http://HoytStearns.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Jones Beene [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 2:46 PM
To: vortex
Subject: [Vo]:Stationary Fresnel Array (Hybrid)


It is perhaps possible to provide a *stationary*
Fresnel array which has "virtual" tracking.

Imagine a fixed, stationary array of Fresnel lens and
underlying photocells, somewhat as in this image: