Aspect ratio modifying imaging systems and methods

    公开(公告)号:US11982797B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-14

    申请号:US17607757

    申请日:2020-04-17

    CPC classification number: G02B13/008 G02B13/08 G02B13/22 H04N5/33 H04N23/55

    Abstract: Aspect ratio modifying imaging systems and methods are provided. In one example, an infrared imaging device includes at least one lens element configured to transmit electromagnetic radiation associated with a portion of a scene. The portion has a first aspect ratio. The electromagnetic radiation includes mid-wave and/or long-wave infrared light. The at least one lens element has a freeform surface having no translational symmetry and no rotational symmetry. The infrared imaging device further includes a detector array configured to receive image data associated with the electromagnetic radiation from the at least one lens element and generate, based on the image data, an image. The image data has a second aspect ratio different from the first aspect ratio. Each of the first and second aspect ratios is a ratio of a size along a first direction and a size along a second direction orthogonal to the first direction.

    Displacement meter, storage medium, manufacturing system, and method for manufacturing articles

    公开(公告)号:US11900591B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-13

    申请号:US17720763

    申请日:2022-04-14

    Inventor: Takayuki Uozumi

    Abstract: A displacement meter for suppressing errors occurring in sub-pixel estimation, comprising: alight source that illuminates an object; an image pickup unit for receiving diffused-reflected light from the object; and a calculation unit for calculating the a displacement amount of the object by using sub-pixel estimation and the cross-correlation function between reference image data and measurement image data, wherein an image acquired during a predetermined timing from the imaging unit serves as the reference image data and an image acquired during the next timing serves as the measurement image data, generates a correction displacement amount by subtracting a correction value from the displacement amount, sets the most recent measurement image data as the reference image data and sets a predetermined initial value as the correction value if the displacement amount meets a predetermined condition, and else sets the displacement amount obtained most recently as the correction value.

    Compact Bi-Telecentric Projection Devices
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    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230185064A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-15

    申请号:US18076299

    申请日:2022-12-06

    Abstract: A compact bi-telecentric device includes refractive lenses and takes in light from a grid of emitters at the object plane and images them to a grid of receivers. It provides the capacity to combine multiple wavelengths of emitters at the object plane into a single receiver. The device is quite compact, less than 25 mm in length from object to image, and having a maximum diameter for any element of less than 4 mm. The device includes four optical lens elements, three of which have a positive focal length and one of which has a negative focal length. The device includes at least one diffractive optical element. The lens elements are separated into two distinct groups which each have positive optical power, separated by an aperture stop which may or may not be enabled by a physical surface. A diffractive element enables wavelength division multiplexing and compensates for distortion from the bi-telecentric device.

    HIGH RESOLUTION MULTI-FIELD-OF-VIEW IMAGING SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20230057470A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-23

    申请号:US17820474

    申请日:2022-08-17

    Abstract: A multichannel tunable lens system may include a review channel with a fluidic focusing device, which can adjust the focus of the channel rapidly to mitigate environmental vibrations. The review channel may generate high resolution images with reduced blur caused by vibrations or air turbulence while increasing the operating speed of the system. The review channel may include a telescope objective and eyepiece with telecentricity to generate a real image of the pupil in the fluidic focusing device. The system may also include an inspection channel to generate lower resolution images in parallel and a focus channel to determine contour information.

    DISPLACEMENT METER AND ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20230029274A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-26

    申请号:US17736281

    申请日:2022-05-04

    Abstract: A displacement meter that measures displacement of an object includes a calculation circuit which calculates a displacement amount of the object using a cross-correlation function of plural images detected at different timings by a photoelectric conversion element array. The calculation circuit performs a Fourier transform on the images, applies a band-pass filter to the images having undergone the Fourier transform, and calculates the cross-correlation function using the images to which the band-pass filter has been applied. Assuming that a magnification of a light-receiving optical assembly is M, the number of pixels in the photoelectric conversion element array is N, and a pixel pitch is P (um), a low cut-off frequency HPF of the band-pass filter and a high cut-off frequency LPF of the band-pass filter satisfy: 3M/(N×P)≤HPF≤10M/(N×P), 40M/(N×P)≤LPF≤60M/(N×P).

    ADJUSTABLE TELECONVERTER SYSTEMS AND METHODS

    公开(公告)号:US20220404593A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-22

    申请号:US17841338

    申请日:2022-06-15

    Abstract: An adjustable teleconverter is provided that may be selectively adjusted between a base lens configuration and one or more tele-lens configurations without adding, removing, or replacing lenses from an optical system. In one example, a system includes a front lens group configured to form a first image at an intermediate image plane in response to radiation from a scene. The system also includes a teleconverter configured to project the first image to form a second image at a final image plane. The teleconverter comprises a relay lens group configured to be selectively positioned between the intermediate image plane and the final image plane to adjust a magnification of the second image. Additional methods, devices, and systems are also provided.

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