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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:
Jan. 29, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2006
Applicants:
Mark F. Oldham, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Austin B. Tomaney, San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Mark F. Oldham, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Austin B. Tomaney, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Applera Corporation, Foster City, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 3/14 (2006.01); H01J 40/14 (2006.01); H01J 5/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for improving the resolution of an electronic imaging device having an array of pixels. Sub-pixel dimension movements between an object and the array of pixels are made, and an image is formed at each position. Resulting shifted images are combined to yield an effective resolution corresponding to an array having smaller pixels. Such methods and apparatus allow optical systems with existing pixel devices to form effective images of smaller feature sizes.