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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. 30, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2003
Applicant:
George Benedict, Fremont, CA (US);
Inventor:
George Benedict, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Thomas Hiramatsu-Tie, Concord, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J003/14 ; H01J040/14 ; H01J005/16 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and apparatuses for scanning of optical beams are disclosed. A beam is optically coupled to an optical conduit, and the optical conduit is made to bend. A set of positions of the optical conduit is measured and the optical conduit is bent. The properties of the exiting light beam are determined by the optical conduit and the bending of the optical conduit, thereby scanning the beam.