Microscope that includes a pattern projection component
AssigneeViavi Solutions Inc.
InventorsKevin CASSADY, Jay Gregory BRACE
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Abstract
A microscope includes a light source positioned at a light source plane of the microscope, a pattern projection component positioned at a light stop plane of the microscope, and an optical sensor positioned at an image plane of the microscope. The light source is configured to transmit light to an object plane of the microscope via the pattern projection component. The pattern projection component is configured to, when the light interacts with the pattern projection component, cause the light to carry a pattern. The pattern, when the light transmits from the pattern projection component to an object positioned at the object plane, is projected on a region of the object.
Claims20
A microscope comprising:
- a light source positioned at a light source plane of the microscope;
- a pattern projection component positioned at a light stop plane of the microscope;
- and
- an optical sensor positioned at an image plane of the microscope, wherein:
- the light source is configured to transmit light to an object plane of the microscope via the pattern projection component, and
- the pattern projection component is configured to, when the light interacts with the pattern projection component, cause the light to carry a pattern,
- wherein the pattern, when the light transmits from the pattern projection component to an object positioned at the object plane, is projected on a region of the object.
A microscope comprising:
- a light source;
- and
- a pattern projection component positioned along a light path of light transmitted from the light source to an object plane of the microscope, wherein:
- the pattern projection component is configured to cause the light to carry a pattern,
- wherein the pattern, when the light transmits from the pattern projection component to an object positioned at the object plane, is projected on a region of the object.
A pattern projection component for a microscope comprising:
- one or more pattern elements that define a pattern,
- wherein the one or more pattern elements are configured to cause light, that is transmitted from a light source of the microscope and to the pattern projection component, to carry the pattern when transmitted from the pattern projection component.
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