Patent ID: 7621454

Claim:
An imaging device for imaging a target, the imaging device comprising: a photodetector with a two-dimensional light sensitive pixel area, the two-dimensional light sensitive pixel area being divided into a plurality of split pixel areas, each of the split pixel areas being composed of a plurality of pixels; and an imaging optics configured to: define a plurality of segments of an FOV (field of view), the plurality of segments of the FOV respectively corresponding to the plurality of split pixel areas of the photodetector; and align, in a predetermined direction, the plurality of segments of the FOV to form a predetermined-direction oriented FOV so that the target is at least partially contained in the predetermined-direction oriented FOV, wherein the two-dimensional light sensitive pixel area is: composed of a plurality of pixels in first and second directions orthogonal to each other, charge in each pixel of the two-dimensional light sensitive pixel area being configured to be scanned in one of the first and second directions; and divided in the other of the first and second directions into the plurality of split pixel areas, and wherein the imaging optics is configured to align the plurality of segments of the FOV parallel to the one of the first and second directions.