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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:
Dec. 24, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Martin Potucek, Austin, TX (US);
Albert D. Edgar, Austin, TX (US);
Thomas A. Dundon, Manchaca, TX (US);
Assignee:
Applied Science Fiction Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 5/00 ; G06T 5/50 ; G01N 2/188 ; G01N 2/194 ; G01N 2/1958 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 5/00 ; G06T 5/50 ; G01N 2/188 ; G01N 2/194 ; G01N 2/1958 ;
Abstract
An image processing system is disclosed. The system includes a first light source operable to illuminate an image plane in a first direction and a second light source operable to illuminate the image plane from a second direction. Also included is a sensing device operable to detect light from the first and second light source that interacted with the image plane. A processor operable to receive information from the sensing device and determine an image and image defects is coupled to the sensing device.