Patent ID: 7557348

Claim:
A method of imaging an object, the method comprising: transmitting distinguishable electromagnetic waves from a plurality of radiators of an antenna array, and wherein each of the radiators transmits radiation comprising a different distinguishable electromagnetic wave of the distinguishable electromagnetic waves; imaging at least a portion of the antenna array onto a targeted object, wherein each image area of a plurality of image areas on the targeted object corresponds to an image of a respective radiator of the radiators of the antenna array; and transmitting, scattering, or reflecting of resultant electromagnetic waves by respective image areas of the plurality of image areas on the targeted object in response to each of the respective image areas being illuminated by the radiation transmitted by the respective radiator; detecting by a detector a plurality of the resultant electromagnetic waves distinguishing each of the distinguishable electromagnetic waves from each of the others of the distinguishable electromagnetic waves to determine a location of each radiator producing each distinguishable electromagnetic wave; and producing an image of the targeted object based on the detection of the plurality of the resultant electromagnetic waves, the distinguishing of each of the distinguishable electromagnetic waves and the determining of the location of each radiator.