Radiant energy – Photocells; circuits and apparatus – Photocell controlled circuit
Reexamination Certificate
2005-03-29
2005-03-29
Luu, Thanh X. (Department: 2878)
Radiant energy
Photocells; circuits and apparatus
Photocell controlled circuit
C250S216000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06872930
ABSTRACT:
An imaging system and methodology is provided to facilitate optical imaging performance. The system includes a sensor having one or more receptors and an image transfer medium to scale the sensor and receptors to an object field of view. A computer, memory, and/or display associated with the sensor provides storage and/or display of information relating to output from the receptors to produce and/or process an image, wherein a plurality of illumination sources can also be utilized in conjunction with the image transfer medium. The image tranfer medium can be configured as a k-space filter that correlates a pitch associated with the receptors to a diffraction-limited spot within the object field of view, wherein the pitch can be unit-mapped to about the size of the diffraction-limited spot within the object field of view.
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Cartlidge Andrew G.
Fein Howard
Amin & Turocy LLP
Angkor Technology LLP
Luu Thanh X.
Palantyr Research LLC
Sohn Seung C.
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