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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2013
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Joachim Walter Ahner, Livermore, CA (US);
David M. Tung, Livermore, CA (US);
Samuel Kah Hean Wong, Johor Bahru, MY;
Henry Luis Lott, Fremont, CA (US);
Stephen Keith McLaurin, Livermore, CA (US);
Maissarath Nassirou, Fremont, CA (US);
Florin Zavaliche, San Ramon, CA (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Provided herein is an apparatus, including a photon detector array; and a processing means configured for processing photon-detector-array signals corresponding to a first set of photons scattered from surface features of an article focused in a first focal plane and a second set of photons scattered from surface features of an article focused in a second focal plane, wherein the processing means is further configured for distinguishing foreign surface features of the article from foreign native features of the article.