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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. 09, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2009
Applicant:
Andrew Maiden, Sheffield, GB;
Inventor:
Andrew Maiden, Sheffield, GB;
Assignee:
Phase Focus Limited, Sheffield South Yorkshire, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G01T 1/00 (2006.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/00 (2013.01); G06T 2211/424 (2013.01); G06T 11/006 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus are disclosed for providing image data. The method includes the steps of providing incident radiation from a radiation source at a target object and, via at least one detector, detecting an intensity of radiation scattered by the target object. Also via the at least one detector an intensity of radiation provided by the radiation source absent the target object is detected. Image data is provided via an iterative process responsive to the intensity of radiation detected absent the target object and the detected intensity of radiation scattered by the target object.