Image encoding-decoding multifiber device

Claim 1

AN IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF ENERGY-TRANSMITTING MULTIFIBERS EACH EMBODYING A PLURALITY OF ENERGY-TRANSMITTING FIBERS HAVING ENERGY-INSULATING COATINGS, SAID FIBERS BEING HORIZONTALLY AND VERTICALLY STACKED TOGETHER AND SECURED IN SIDE-BY-SIDE RELATION TO EACH OTHER SO THAT EACH MULTIFIBER IS APAPTED TO RECEIVE ENERGY AT ONE END FROM A DISCRETE IMAGE FRAGMENT FOR REPRODUCING SAID IMAGE FRAGMENT IN MOSAIC FORM AT THE OPPOSITE END OF THE MULTIFIBER, SELECTED MULTIFIBERS BEING TWISTED AROUND THEIR LONGITUDINAL AXES INTERMEDIATE THEIR ENDS TO RECEIVE ENERGY FROM AN IMAGE FRAGMENT AT ONE END FOR REPRODUCING SAID IMAGE FRAGMENT IN REORIENTED RELATION AROUND THE MULTIFIBERS BEING SECURED TOGETHER OF THE MULTIFIBER, SAID MULTIFIBERS BEING SECURED TOGETHER IN SIDE-BY-SIDE RELATION WITH THEIR AXES PARALLEL FOR FORMING SAID DEVICE AND HAVING CORRESPONDING ENDS STACKED TOGETHER FOR DEFINING FACES AT RESPECTIVE OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE DEVICE, SAID MULTIFIBERS BEING DIVERSIFIED IN A PREDETERMINED PATTERN WITHIN SAID DEVICE SO THAT THE MULTIFIBERS RECEIVE ENERGY FROM DISCRETE FRAGMENTS OF AN IMAGE AT ONE DEVICE FACE FOR DISSECTING SAID IMAGE AND REPRODUCE SAID IMAGE FRAGMENTS WITH DIVERSE ORIENTATION RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER ON THE OPPOSITE DEVICE FACE FOR ENCODING SAID IMAGE.