Patent ID: 7920312

Claim:
A method of scanning with a light transmitter having an exit tip, comprising: supporting said light transmitter in a mount located remotely from said exit tip; applying a first driving force to said light transmitter between said mount and said exit tip to resonantly vibrate said light transmitter in a first direction; and applying a second driving force to said light transmitter between said mount and said exit tip to non-resonantly vibrate said light transmitter in a second direction orthogonal to said first direction, wherein vibration of said light transmitter in said first direction and vibration of said light transmitter in said second direction are synchronized so that the exit tip of the light transmitter executes a scan pattern, wherein said scan pattern approximates a rectilinear raster scan and said light transmitter executes a sinusoidal vibration in said first direction and a linear vibration in said second direction.