Patent ID: 7315357
Filing Date: 2008-01-01
Classification: C12Q,G01J,G01N,G02B

Abstract:
1. An imaging system configured to produce a plurality of images of an object while there is relative movement between the object and the imaging system, comprising: (a) a collection lens disposed so that light traveling from the object passes through the collection lens and travels along a collection path; (b) a light dispersing element disposed in the collection path so as to disperse the light that has passed through the collection lens in a plane that is orthogonal to a direction of the relative movement between the object and the imaging system, thereby producing dispersed light; (c) an imaging lens disposed to focus the dispersed light, producing focused dispersed light; and (d) a detector disposed to receive the focused dispersed light, such that the focused dispersed light incident on the detector comprises a plurality of images of the object.