Multiple channel scanning device using oversampling and image processing to increase throughput

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6341118
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09088780

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A multiple channel scanning device has a scanning head with multiple columns of apertures that emit light which is projected to a small spot on the surface of a recorded medium. Light returned from the medium reenters the apertures and is conducted to detectors. In a preferred embodiment, the scanning head is rapidly oscillated (may be on the order of 100 kHz rate), in a direction parallel to the columns. The medium is moved in a direction perpendicular to the columns so that the same recorded regions pass beneath successive columns of apertures. The data from the detectors is image-processed to improve the quality of data reading using the successive readings of the same data regions. This allows errors to be corrected and throughput to be improved.

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  • LEIDOS, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Drobot, Adam Thomas Annandale, VA 16 524
Green, Albert Myron Alexandria, VA 22 903
Phillips, Edward Alan Great Falls, VA 4 135
White, Robert Courtney Fairfax, VA 7 197
Wyeth, Newell Convers Oakton, VA 29 984

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