Patent · US Expired

Apparatus and method for scanning by means of a rotatable detector array

US5280370A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Intergraph Corporation · US

Inventors

Hans W. Faust · Heidenheim, DE
Karl Felle · Oberkochen, DE
Dierk Hobbie · Bocholt, DE
Heinz Krastel · Oberkochen, DE
Richard J. Kaiser · Bethlehem, US
Robert L. Kuelthau · Huntsville, US
Alward J. Pinard · Westford, US
Gary D. Wylie · Harvest, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 5, 1990
Grant date	Jan 18, 1994
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 5, 2010

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04N2201/044
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for capture of image data from an object has a detector array containing at least one detector row, and arrangements for rotating the detector array relative to the object, as well as for moving the object and the detector array relative to one another in a desired direction of scan. A control arrangement causes the detector array to be rotated to a desired orientation with respect to the object based on information in the object and causes the object to be scanned by the detector array in such a way that the detector row is at right angles to the direction of scan. A similar method is also provided.

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