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US 2014/0192407 A1Published application
Method and Apparatus for Shaping Dynamic Light Beams to Produce 3D Perception in a Transmitted Light Microscope
AssigneeEdge 3D, LLC
InventorGary Greenberg
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Abstract
An illuminator for a transmitted light microscope for producing stereo viewing as well as motion parallax 3D perception, using a generally pyramid-shaped mirror having a plurality of facets and light source adjacent a plurality of the facets and a computer-driven electronic circuit for controlling the on/off status of said light sources.
Claims20
An illuminator for a transmitted light microscope comprising:
- a generally pyramid-shaped mirror having a plurality of facets;
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- a light source disposed adjacent a plurality of said mirror facets.
An illuminator for a transmitted light microscope having a condenser aperture comprising:
- a generally pyramid-shaped mirror having a plurality of facets disposed to be optically conjugate to the condenser aperture;
- a light source disposed adjacent a plurality of said mirror facets wherein less than all of said light sources are turned on creating a non-concentric shaped beam at the condenser aperture.
A method for creating 3D perception in a 2D transmitted light microscope having a condenser aperture and a bulb illuminator the steps comprising:
- replacing the bulb illuminator with an illuminator comprising a generally pyramid-shaped mirror having a plurality of facets and a light source disposed adjacent a plurality of said mirror facets;
- turning some of the light sources on and some off in a sequence that creates a non-concentric shaped beam at the condenser aperture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.