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−Edmund optics sells image conduits as of the year 2024.<ref name="m482">{{cite web | title=Fiber Optic Image Conduits | website=Edmund Optics | url=https://www.edmundoptics.com/f/fiber-optic-image-conduits/11464/ | access-date=2024-07-10}}</ref>+
−Schott advertises that they can produce flexible image guides with hundreds of thousands of individual fibers.<ref name="d441"/>
−==Applications==+Image bundles can be used to masswise decouple components of a near-eye display such that the electrooptic modulation and driver circuitry happens in a physically disparate location from the user's face.
An '''image conduit''' is an optical device that can transfer an image plane spatially. It can use fiber optics.
+An '''image conduit''' is an optical gadget that can transfer an image plane spatially. It can use fiber optics.
It uses a bundle of fibers. Each fiber has TIR.
It uses a bundle of fibers. Each fiber has TIR.
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It is also known as a fiber optic image bundle.<ref>https://itconceptsworld.com/fiber-optic-image-bundle/</ref>
It is also known as a fiber optic image bundle.<ref>https://itconceptsworld.com/fiber-optic-image-bundle/</ref>
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+An example of a display using image conduit is shown in patent [[US10151875]] by Magic Leap.<ref name="p182">{{cite web | title=Ultra-high resolution scanning fiber display | website=Google Patents | date=2014-01-15 | url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US10151875B2/en | access-date=2024-08-28}}</ref>
They can be rigid or flexible. If they are flexible they are known as flexible imaging bundles.<ref name="d441">{{cite web | title=Product variants of Flexible Imaging Bundles | website=SCHOTT | url=https://www.schott.com/en-gb/products/flexible-imaging-bundles-p1000343/product-variants | access-date=2024-07-10}}</ref>
They can be rigid or flexible. If they are flexible they are known as flexible imaging bundles.<ref name="d441">{{cite web | title=Product variants of Flexible Imaging Bundles | website=SCHOTT | url=https://www.schott.com/en-gb/products/flexible-imaging-bundles-p1000343/product-variants | access-date=2024-07-10}}</ref>
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High fiber count and small fiber size corresponds to higher image resolution.<ref name="d441"/> Each fiber is like one pixel.
High fiber count and small fiber size corresponds to higher image resolution.<ref name="d441"/> Each fiber is like one pixel.
−==Suppliers==
+==Uses==
−Image bundles can be used to masswise decouple components of a near-eye display such that the electrooptic modulation and [[driver circuitry]] happens in a physically separate location from the user's face.
−A [[light field display]] can be built using a large number of flexible image conduits. Each flexible image conduit can be optically coupled to one [[microlens]] on the output side, and one generated view on the input side.
−==References==
==References==