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US 2024/0197161 A1Published application
Depth rendering scope
AssigneeWelch Allyn, Inc.
InventorsGene J. Wolfe, Joshua Hess
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Abstract
Various scopes and methods for generating and outputting a 3D image of a surface are described herein. An example method includes generating depth data by detecting a distance between at least one imager and a surface; generating 2D image data by detecting light reflected from the surface; generating a 3D image of the surface by combining the depth data and the 2D image data; and outputting the 3D image of the surface.
Claims20
An otoscope, comprising:
- a first light source configured to emit low-coherence light;
- a beam splitter configured to split the low-coherence light into a first beam and a second beam;
- a lens assembly configured to transmit the first beam to an ear canal and to receive a reflection of the first beam from the ear canal;
- a reference mirror configured to emit a reflection of the second beam by reflecting the second beam;
- an imager configured to receive an interference pattern comprising the reflection of the first beam and the reflection of the second beam, to generate depth data based on the interference pattern, to receive a reflection of the low-coherence light from the ear canal, and to generate 2D image data based on the reflection of the low-coherence light;
- a lenticular display comprising:
- a screen comprising an array of display pixels;
- an array of lenses, an example lens in the array of lenses being overlaid with a group of display pixels among the array of display pixels, the example lens refracting light emitted by a first pixel in the group of display pixels in a first direction and refracting light emitted by a second pixel in the group of display pixels in a second direction;
- a processor;
- and
- memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- generating a three-dimensional (3D) image of the ear canal based on the depth data and the 2D image data;
- and
- causing the lenticular display to visually output the 3D image of the ear canal.
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A scope, comprising:
- at least one imager configured to:
- generate depth data by detecting a distance between the at least one imager and a surface;
- and
- generate 2D image data by detecting light reflected from the surface;
- a three-dimensional (3D) display;
- a processor;
- and
- memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- generate a 3D image of the surface by combining the depth data and the 2D image data;
- and
- cause the 3D display to output the 3D image of the surface.
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A method, comprising:
- generating depth data by detecting a distance between at least one imager and a surface;
- generating 2D image data by detecting light reflected from the surface;
- generating a 3D image of the surface by combining the depth data and the 2D image data;
- and
- outputting the 3D image of the surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.