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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2005
Shuang Luan, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Danny Z. Chen, Granger, IN (US);
Xiaobo S. HU, Granger, IN (US);
Chao Wang, Mishawaka, IN (US);
Xiaodong Wu, Iowa City, IA (US);
Cedric X. Yu, Clarksville, MD (US);
Shuang Luan, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Danny Z. Chen, Granger, IN (US);
Xiaobo S. Hu, Granger, IN (US);
Chao Wang, Mishawaka, IN (US);
Xiaodong Wu, Iowa City, IA (US);
Cedric X. Yu, Clarksville, MD (US);
University of Notre Dame du Lac, Notre Dame, IN (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method comprising the following steps: (a) partitioning an intensity modulated beam into a set of sub-IMBs; and (b) partitioning the sub-IMBs into segments, wherein steps (a) and (b) introduce no machine delivery error. The present invention also provides a method comprising the following steps: (a) recursively partitioning an intensity modulated beam into plateaus; and (b) partitioning the plateaus into segments, wherein step (a) comprises determining a tradeoff between machine delivery error and the number of segments into which the plateaus will be partitioned in step (b).