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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2003
Gavan Edmund Rosman, Camberwell, AU;
Christopher Gerard Byrne, Rowville, AU;
Bradley Charles Jones, Endeavour Hills, AU;
Gavan Edmund Rosman, Camberwell, AU;
Christopher Gerard Byrne, Rowville, AU;
Bradley Charles Jones, Endeavour Hills, AU;
Optiscan Pty. Ltd., Notting Hill, AU;
Abstract
A scanning apparatus and method, the apparatus comprising: a light transmission means () having an exit tip; first and second drive means () for resonantly driving the light transmission means () in orthogonal directions; wherein the first and second drive means () are operable to move the tip in an elliptical pattern while varying the eccentricity of the elliptical pattern, whereby a portion of the elliptical pattern having a centre on the minor axis of the elliptical pattern approximates—at least in appearance—a raster pattern.