Photosensitive reader using optical fibers

Claim 1

AN OPTICAL READER FOR SENSING AN INDICATION OF THE PRESENCE AND LOCATION OF A MARKING ON AN INDICIA BEARING SURFACE COMPRISING A LIGHT TRANSMITTING MATRIX COMPOSED OF A PLURALITY OF DIMINUTIVE LIGHT TRANSMITTING FIBERS, THE INPUT END OF SAID LIGHT TRANSMITTING FIBERS DISPOSED IN A REGULAR CONFIGURATION, THE OUTPUT END OF THE FIBERS OF THE LIGHT TRANSMITTING MATRIX BEING ARRANGED TO PROJECT LIGHT IN A LINEAR PATTERN ON THE INDICIA BEARING SURFACE, LIGHT SOURCE MEANS POSITIONED TO PROJECT LIGHT OF EQUAL INTENSITY ON EACH OF THE INPUT ENDS OF THE FIBERS OF SAID TRANSMITTING MATRIX, SAID LIGHT SOURVE MEANS INCLUDING A POINT LIGHT SOURVE AND MEANS TO CONTINUALLY PROJECT SAID POINT LIGHT SOURCE SUCCESSIVELY ON THE INPUT OF EACH FIBER OF THE LIGHT TRANSMITTING MATRIX, A LIGHT RECEIVING MATRIX COMPOSED OF AN EQUAL PLURALITY OF DIMINUTIVE LIGHT TRANSMITTING FIBERS HAVING THE INPUT END OF EACH FIBER DISPOSED IN PRECISE AXIAL ALIGNMENT WITH THE OUTPUT END OF A UNIQUE COMPLEMENTARY FIBER OF THE LIGHT TRANSMITTING MATRIX TO RECEIVE LIGHT FROM THE INDICIA BEARING SURFACE PROJECTED FROM THE OUTPUT END OF ONLY THE COMPLEMENTARY FIBER OF THE LIGHT TRANSMITTING MATRIX, PHOTO SENSING MEANS DISPOSED TO BE ENERGIZED BY LIGHT OUTPUT FROM THE OUTPUT END OF SAID LIGHT RECEIVING MATRIX, TIMING MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE POSITION OF SAID POINT LIGHT SOURCE, AND MEANS TO INTEGRATE THE OUTPUT OF THE PHOTO SENSING MEANS AND SAID TIMING MEANS TO DETERMINE THE TIME RELATION THEREBETWEEN, WHEREBY SAID PHOTO SENSING MEANS WILL PRODUCE AN OUTPUT SIGNAL CORRESPONDING TO THE LIGHT TRANSMITTING PROPERTIES OF SAID INDICIA BEARING SURFACE.