Patent Document ID: 7999841
Application ID: 11506235
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. An imaging system, comprising: a sensor including at least one of a resolution and a size, wherein the sensor is disposed on a fixed optical axis and wherein the sensor is adapted to receive and sample images; an image selection assembly including a movable optical element coupled to an actuator, the movable optical element including a movable optical axis movable with respect to the fixed optical axis; a position control operably coupled to the actuator, wherein the position control is adapted to select a plurality of positions of the movable optical axis through movement of the optical element with the actuator; a sampling control operably coupled to the position control and to the sensor, the sampling control receiving the position of the movable optical axis from the position control, wherein the sampling control is adapted to cause the sensor to sample a first image at a first selected location of the movable optical axis and to subsequently sample at least a second image at a second selected location of the movable optical axis, wherein the second selected location is determined by information received from the position control, and wherein the first image and the second image do not contain an overlapping portion; and a processor operably coupled to the sensor and adapted to receive the first and at least second sampled images, wherein the processor is adapted to assemble the received sample images into a final image having a greater size or resolution than the corresponding size or resolution of the sensor and wherein the processor aligns the received sample images during the assembly with interpolation.