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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2004
Raymond M. Warner, Jr., Edina, MN (US);
Lynn Millar, Legal Representative, Guerneville, CA (US);
John E. Maccrisken, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Mark S. Williams, Austin, TX (US);
Raymond M. Warner, Jr., Edina, MN (US);
Lynn Millar, legal representative, Guerneville, CA (US);
John E. MacCrisken, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Mark S. Williams, Austin, TX (US);
Semicube, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Abstract
A system and method for parallel-beam scanning a surface. An energetic beam source emits an energetic collimated beam which is received by an optical device, comprising: one or more optical media, operable to receive the emitted beam, such as two pairs of coordinated mirrors or a right prism, and at least one actuator coupled to the one or more optical media, and operable to rotate each of the one or more optical media around a respective axis to perform a parallel displacement of the beam in a respective direction, wherein the respective direction, the beam, and the respective axis are mutually orthogonal. The optical device is operable to direct the beam to illuminate a sequence of specified regions of a surface.