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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:
Dec. 15, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2002
Applicant:
John T. Strom, North Bend, WA (US);
Inventor:
John T. Strom, North Bend, WA (US);
Assignee:
Rudolph Technologies, Inc., Flanders, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 15/00 (2006.01); H04N 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image acquisition system and method may employ a non-orthogonal optical axis. The optical axis may be established in such a manner as to position a focal plane of an imaging device in a selected orientation relative to the object space. Such selective positioning and orientation of the focal plane allows the integration of two coordinate axes and enables dual-axis scanning of the object space. In some embodiments, the focal plane may extend throughout the entire depth dimension of the object space.