US Patent Issued to HITACHI HIGH-TECH on Jan. 13 for "Imaging system and imaging range adjustment method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,526,525, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to HITACHI HIGH-TECH Corp. (Tokyo).

"Imaging system and imaging range adjustment method" was invented by Yoshio Kamura (Tokyo), Takeshi Ishida (Tokyo) and Junko Tanaka (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging system images measurement targets arranged on a plane and includes a light source that irradiates the measurement targets with light, a photodetector that detects light from the measurement targets, one or more lenses, an adjustment mechanism that focuses imaging on the measurement targets, and a drive mechanism that changes the relative position of the photodetector and the measureme...