Container system for monitoring and imaging aquatic organisms
AssigneeMartineau & Associates
InventorPierre R. Martineau
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Abstract
A system comprising, an electromagnetic radiation source, the electromagnetic radiation source including at least one collimated electromagnetic radiation beam, a beam expander, the beam expander may expand the at least one collimated electromagnetic radiation beam, a first container including a base plate and at least four side walls, at least two of four side walls being opposite of each other, at least three of the four side walls being perpendicular to the base plate, a fourth side wall including a mirror, the container including a cavity, the mirror including a reflective side facing the cavity, and an image capture device, the image capture device having a field of view, the field of view including at least a portion of the cavity.
Claims21
A system comprising:
- an electromagnetic radiation source, the electromagnetic radiation source configured to emit at least one electromagnetic radiation beam;
- a beam expander, the beam expander configured to receive the at least one electromagnetic radiation beam emitted by the electromagnetic radiation source and expand the at least one electromagnetic radiation beam to generate at least one expanded electromagnetic radiation beam;
- a first container configured to hold water and aquatic organisms, the first container including a base plate and at least four side walls, at least two of the four side walls being opposite of each other, at least three of the four side walls being substantially perpendicular to the base plate, a fourth side wall of the at least four side walls including a first mirror, the first container including a cavity located between the at least four side walls, the first mirror including a reflective side facing the cavity and configured to direct the at least one expanded electromagnetic radiation beam through the cavity, the first mirror being configured to project the at least one expanded electromagnetic radiation beam in a direction that is parallel to the base plate of the first container;
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- an image capture device, the image capture device having a field of view, the field of view including at least a portion of the cavity, the image capture device being positioned opposite to the base plate of the first container.
A method comprising:
- originating an electromagnetic radiation beam from an electromagnetic radiation source;
- transmitting the electromagnetic radiation beam through a beam expander, an output of the beam expander being an expanded electromagnetic radiation beam, to a first mirror;
- reflecting the expanded electromagnetic radiation beam by the first mirror through a first container, the first container configured to hold water and aquatic organisms, the first container having a base plate and at least four side walls, at least two of four side walls being opposite of each other, at least three of the four side walls being substantially perpendicular to the base plate, a fourth side wall of the at least four side walls including a first mirror, the first container including a cavity located between the at least four side walls, the first mirror including a reflective side facing the cavity, the first mirror being configured to project the electromagnetic radiation beam in a direction that is parallel to the base plate of the first container;
- directing, with an image capture device, a field of view to at least a portion of the cavity of the first container;
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- capturing, with the image capture device, at least one image of the at least the portion of the cavity of the first container that is illuminated at least in part by the reflected expanded electromagnetic radiation beam, the image capture device being position opposite to the base plate of the first container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.