: IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHODOLOGY EMPLOYING RECIPROCAL SPACE OPTICAL DESIGN
Application 158/KOLNP/2004 published 2006-04-07, filed 2004-02-06
An imaging system (10) and methodology (600) is provided to facilitate optical imaging performance. The system (10) includes a sensor (20) having one or more receptors and an image transfer medium (30) to scale the sensor and receptors to an object field of view (54). A computer (824), memory (864), and/or display (864) associated with the sensor (20) 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 (60) can also be utilized in conjunction with the image transfer medium (30). The image transfer medium (30) can be configured as a k-space filter (110) that correlates a pitch (116) associated with the receptors to a diffraction-limited spot (50) within the object field of view (54), wherein the pitch (116) can be unit-mapped to about the size of the diffraction- limited spot (50) within the object field of view (54). (FIG. 1)
Applicant
1. PALANTYR RESEARCH, LLC 2. AMIN, Himanshu S., 3. BORTNICK, Daniel B., 4. TUROCY, Gregory, 5. ANGKOR TECHNOLOGY, LLP.
1. 24400 Highland Road, Cleveland, OH 44143, U.S.A. 2. 10138 Timothy Lane, Twinsburg, OH 44087, U.S.A. 3. 6069 Maplewood Road, Mentor, OH 44060 , U.S.A. 4. 31547 Hunters Creek Drive, Westlake, OH 44145 5. 1900 East 9th Street, 24th Fl. National City Cente
Inventor
CARTLIDGE, Andrew G., FEIN, Howard
International Info
Classification: H01L 27/00, G02B 27/40, G06K 9/76
Publication Number: WO 03/005446
Application Date: 2002-07-03
Priority Information
09/900,218 U.S.A. 2001-07-06
10/166,137 U.S.A. 2002-06-10
10/000,000 U.S.A. 2002-07-02