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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2007
Applicant:
Niraj K. Doshi, Knoxville, TN (US);
Inventor:
Niraj K. Doshi, Knoxville, TN (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/09 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A photo detector matrix may have a plurality of photo detectors arranged in a matrix each generating an output signal, and a plurality of wires coupled with the photo detectors, wherein a number of wires is less than a number of photo detectors and the plurality of photo detectors are assigned to the plurality of wires such that signals generated by the plurality of photo detectors encode a location of a light peak applied to the photo detector matrix.