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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2017
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Evan G. Colgan, Montvale, NJ (US);
Fuad E. Doany, Katonah, NY (US);
Li-Wen Hung, Mahopac, NY (US);
Reinaldo A. Vega, Mahopac, NY (US);
Bucknell C. Webb, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 19/00 (2006.01); G06K 19/02 (2006.01); G06K 19/04 (2006.01); G06K 19/07 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 19/02 (2013.01); G06K 19/041 (2013.01); G06K 19/0723 (2013.01);
Abstract
A data readout device is provided and includes a reflective base, reflective sidewalls disposed about the reflective base and an actuation system. The actuation system is configured to modify relative positioning of one of the reflective base and the reflective sidewalls to either reflect incoming radiation back toward an origin thereof or to reflect the incoming radiation away from the origin thereof.