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US 10,884,285 B2Granted
Imaging device
AssigneeOlympus Corporation
InventorHitoshi Echigo
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Abstract
An imaging device includes an illuminator, a stage, a plurality of microlenses, an imaging element, and a controller. The controller is configured to control at least one of an irradiation position of light beams from the illuminator, and the position of the plurality of microlenses to realize a first state and a second state. A first angle of the light beams incident to each of the plurality of microlenses in the first state and a second angle of the light beams incident to each of the plurality of microlenses in the second state are different from each other.
Claims11
An imaging device, comprising:
- an illuminator configured to generate light beams;
- a stage on which a sample is disposed and through which the light beams from the illuminator are transmitted;
- a plurality of microlenses which are two-dimensionally arranged, and configured to condense the light beams which are transmitted through the sample and the stage;
- an image sensor to which the light beams transmitted through the plurality of microlenses are incident, and which is configured to output image signals based on the light beams;
- and
- a controller configured to control at least one of an irradiation position of the light beams from the illuminator and a position of the plurality of microlenses to realize a first state and a second state, a first angle of the light beams incident to each of the plurality of microlenses in the first state and a second angle of the light beams incident to each of the plurality of microlenses in the second state being different from each other,
- wherein the controller is configured to combine a portion of a first image and a portion of a second image, the portion of the first image and the portion of the second image being generated by a same microlens from among the plurality of microlenses, and the controller being configured to combine the portion of the first image and the portion of the second image such that a first region of the sample in the first image overlaps with a second region of the sample in the second image, the first region and the second region being a same region of the sample, and
- wherein each of the first image and the second image is an image formed by the plurality of microlenses,
- the first image is an image corresponding to the first state, and
- the second image is an image corresponding to the second state.
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An imaging device, comprising:
- an illuminator configured to generate light beams;
- a stage on which a sample is disposed and through which the light beams from the illuminator are transmitted;
- a plurality of microlenses which are two-dimensionally arranged, and configured to condense the light beams which are transmitted through the sample and the stage;
- an image sensor to which the light beams transmitted through the plurality of microlenses are incident, and which is configured to output image signals based on the light beams;
- and
- a controller configured to control at least one of an irradiation position of the light beams from the illuminator and a position of the plurality of microlenses to realize a first state and a second state, a first angle of the light beams incident to each of the plurality of microlenses in the first state and a second angle of the light beams incident to each of the plurality of microlenses in the second state being different from each other,
- wherein the controller is configured to combine a portion of a first image and a portion of a second image, the portion of the first image and the portion of the second image being generated by a same microlens from among the plurality of microlenses,
- wherein the controller is configured to cut out a region from an image formed by each of the plurality of microlenses that does not overlap with images formed by the other microlenses, and to generate the first image and the second image,
- each of the first image and the second image is an image formed by the plurality of microlenses,
- the first image is an image corresponding to the first state, and
- the second image is an image corresponding to the second state.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.