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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2008
Applicants:
Carl S. Brown, Seattle, WA (US);
Steven A. Reese, Shoreline, WA (US);
Inventors:
Carl S. Brown, Seattle, WA (US);
Steven A. Reese, Shoreline, WA (US);
Assignee:
Applied Precision, Inc., Issaquah, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 3/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A new optical substrate design allows a target to be illuminated with minimal illumination of undesired surfaces within the image collection ray path. The non rectangular substrate provide different surfaces through which a target is illuminated and imaged and thereby prevents illumination rays from crossing the substrate surface through which the target is imaged