Patent ID: 6075235
Filing Date: 2000-06-13
Classification: G01J,G01N,H04N

Abstract:
Apparatus for obtaining data concerning the characteristics of objects within a field of view comprising:(a) an array of filters for receiving and filtering electromagnetic waves,(b) means for directing electromagnetic waves from object points so as to be incident electromagnetic waves on said array of filters configured such that each filter of said array is exposed to incident electromagnetic waves originating only from a respective object point,(c) means for detecting said incident electromagnetic waves as filtered electromagnetic waves transmitted through said filters and producing signals indicative of a parameter thereof,(d) means for microscanning, including means for displacing said incident electromagnetic waves relative to said array of filters such that said incident electromagnetic waves originating from a particular object point, and having been incident on a first filter of said filter array, are made incident on at least a second filter of said filter array which is a neighbor of said first filter, and(e) means for combining a plurality of signals from said detecting means to produce an image of an object in the field of view.