Nanopositioning systems and associated methods

    公开(公告)号:US12266501B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-04-01

    申请号:US17780422

    申请日:2020-11-27

    Inventor: ChaBum Lee

    Abstract: A nanoscale positioning system for positioning a positionable component includes a motion platform including a first end, a second end, a shuttle positioned between the first end and the second end and configured to support the positionable component, a flexure member, and a fluid passage extending through the flexure member from the first end to the second end of the motion platform, and a pressure controller coupled to the motion platform and fluidically connected to the fluid passage, wherein the pressure controller is configured to selectably provide a fluid pressure in the fluid passage to flex the flexure member whereby the shuttle is displaced along a motion axis of the motion platform.

    THREE DIMENSIONAL STROBO-STEREOSCOPIC IMAGING SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS

    公开(公告)号:US20250030824A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-23

    申请号:US18906582

    申请日:2024-10-04

    Inventor: ChaBum Lee

    Abstract: A method for reconstructing a three-dimensional (3D) of a sample includes displacing an outer surface of the sample at a desired sample, repeatedly activating an ultraviolet stroboscopic illuminator to produce ultraviolet excitation light at a frequency that is based on the speed of the sample, repeatedly activating a pair of laterally spaced cameras of a stereoscopic imaging unit as the outer surface of the sample is displaced to capture a plurality of 2D images of different sections of the outer surface of the sample, and reconstructing a 3D image of the sample from the plurality of 2D images of the different sections captured by the pair of cameras.

    Three dimensional strobo-stereoscopic imaging systems and associated methods

    公开(公告)号:US12137200B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-05

    申请号:US17944384

    申请日:2022-09-14

    Inventor: ChaBum Lee

    Abstract: A 3D strobo-stereoscopic imaging system includes a rotary drive configured to couple to a sample to be imaged by the system, wherein the rotary drive is configured to rotate the sample about a rotational axis when coupled to the rotary drive, a stroboscopic illuminator, a stroboscopic control module coupled to the rotary drive and the stroboscopic illuminator, wherein the stroboscopic control module is configured to repeatedly activate the stroboscopic illuminator at a frequency that is based on a rotational speed of the sample about the rotational axis, a stereoscopic imaging unit including a pair of laterally spaced cameras orientable in the direction of the sample, and an image reconstruction module coupled to the stereoscopic imaging unit and configured to reconstruct a 3D image of the sample from images produced by the pair of cameras of the stereoscopic imaging unit.

    THREE DIMENSIONAL STROBO-STEREOSCOPIC IMAGING SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS

    公开(公告)号:US20230082607A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-16

    申请号:US17944384

    申请日:2022-09-14

    Inventor: ChaBum Lee

    Abstract: A 3D strobo-stereoscopic imaging system includes a rotary drive configured to couple to a sample to be imaged by the system, wherein the rotary drive is configured to rotate the sample about a rotational axis when coupled to the rotary drive, a stroboscopic illuminator, a stroboscopic control module coupled to the rotary drive and the stroboscopic illuminator, wherein the stroboscopic control module is configured to repeatedly activate the stroboscopic illuminator at a frequency that is based on a rotational speed of the sample about the rotational axis, a stereoscopic imaging unit including a pair of laterally spaced cameras orientable in the direction of the sample, and an image reconstruction module coupled to the stereoscopic imaging unit and configured to reconstruct a 3D image of the sample from images produced by the pair of cameras of the stereoscopic imaging unit.

    NANOPOSITIONING SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS

    公开(公告)号:US20230009873A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-12

    申请号:US17780422

    申请日:2020-11-27

    Inventor: ChaBum Lee

    Abstract: A nanoscale positioning system for positioning a positionable component includes a motion platform including a first end, a second end, a shuttle positioned between the first end and the second end and configured to support the positionable component, a flexure member, and a fluid passage extending through the flexure member from the first end to the second end of the motion platform, and a pressure controller coupled to the motion platform and fluidically connected to the fluid passage, wherein the pressure controller is configured to selectably provide a fluid pressure in the fluid passage to flex the flexure member whereby the shuttle is displaced along a motion axis of the motion platform.

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