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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 1994
Filed:
Oct. 02, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul K Kuhn, Midvale, UT (US);
Steven A Johnson, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Assignee:
University of Utah Research Foundation, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
367-7 ; 367902 ;
Abstract
An annular array scanner utilizes a synthetic focusing approach to improve imaging results. Image sharpening methods include corrections for the speed of sound of the image, phased array misregistration and separate view misalignment as well as inverse filtering for the scanning system point spread function.