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US 12,720,229 B2Granted
Multiband scanning and fiber bundle to enable reduced light source intensity and improved imaging quality
AssigneeIllumina, Inc.
InventorsGeraint Evans, Stephen Lennon, Danilo Condello, Stanley Hong, Dakota Watson
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Abstract
Some implementations of the disclosure describe an imaging system comprising: a camera including multiple image sensors that are spaced apart, each of the image sensors to capture an image of a respective sample location of multiple sample locations of a sample; and a fiber bundle comprising multiple fiber cores, each of the fiber cores to emit a light beam that is projected on a respective one of the sample locations.
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An imaging system comprising:
- a camera including multiple image sensors that are spaced apart, each of the image sensors to capture an image of a respective sample location of multiple sample locations of a sample;
- a fiber bundle comprising multiple fiber cores, each of the fiber cores to emit a light beam that is projected on a respective one of the sample locations;
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- one or more beam shaping optics positioned in an optical path between an output of the fiber bundle and the sample, the one or more beam shaping optics to shape the light beams into shapes that correspond to shapes of the sample locations and shapes of the image sensors, and the one or more beam shaping optics to shape the light beams in a first axis and a second axis orthogonal to the first axis.
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