Image acquisition apparatus, image acquisition system, and method of controlling the same

An image acquisition system comprising:

• an irradiating unit configured to irradiate different areas of an object in an intersecting direction to an optical axis of an optical path with a plurality of measuring beams;
• an acquiring unit configured to acquire a plurality of tomographic images of the different areas based on a plurality of combined beams which are obtained by combining a plurality of return beams from the object irradiated by the plurality of measuring beams and a plurality of reference beams corresponding to the plurality of measuring beams;
• a display control unit configured to control a display unit to display the plurality of tomographic images;
• a changing unit configured to change optical path lengths of the plurality of reference beams separately;
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• an image generation unit configured to generate a new tomographic image by correcting a displacement between the plurality of tomographic images along an image direction corresponding to a depth direction of the object, wherein the displacement corresponds to at least a difference between the changed optical path lengths.

A method of controlling an imaging apparatus including an irradiating unit configured to irradiate different areas of an object in an intersecting direction to an optical axis of an optical path with a plurality of measuring beams, the method comprising:

• acquiring a plurality of tomographic images of the different areas based on a plurality of combined beams which are obtained by combining a plurality of return beams from the object irradiated by the plurality of measuring beams and a plurality of reference beams corresponding to the plurality of measuring beams;
• controlling a display unit to display the plurality of tomographic images;
• changing optical path lengths of the plurality of reference beams separately;
• and
• generating a new tomographic image by correcting a displacement in between the plurality of tomographic images along an image direction corresponding to a depth direction of the object, wherein the displacement corresponds to a difference between the changed optical path lengths.

An information processing apparatus comprising:

• an acquiring unit configured to acquire a plurality of tomographic images of different areas of an object in an intersecting direction to an optical axis of an optical path based on a plurality of combined beams which are obtained by combining a plurality of return beams from the object irradiated by a plurality of measuring beams and a plurality of the reference beams corresponding to the plurality of measuring beams;
• a display control unit configured to control a display unit to display the plurality of tomographic images;
• and
• an image generation unit configured to generate a new tomographic image by correcting a displacement in between the plurality of tomographic images along an image direction corresponding to a depth direction of the object, wherein the displacement corresponds to at least differences between the optical path lengths of the plurality of reference beams.

A method of controlling an image processing apparatus, comprising the steps of:

• acquiring a plurality of tomographic images of different areas of an object in an intersecting direction to an optical axis of an optical path based on a plurality of combined beams which are obtained by combining a plurality of return beams from the object irradiated by a plurality of measuring beams and a plurality of the reference beams corresponding to the plurality of measuring beams;
• controlling a display unit to display the plurality of tomographic images;
• and
• generating a new tomographic image by correcting a displacement between the plurality of tomographic images along an image direction corresponding to a depth direction of the object, wherein the displacement corresponds to at least a difference between the optical path lengths of the plurality of reference beams.

An imaging apparatus for acquiring a plurality of tomographic images of an object based on a plurality of combined beams which are obtained by respectively combining a plurality of return beams with a plurality of reference beams, the plurality of return beams being a plurality of measuring beams that return from the object after irradiating the object, the plurality of reference beams respectively corresponding to the plurality of measuring beams, the imaging apparatus comprising:

• a display control unit configured to control a display unit to display the plurality of tomographic images;
• a changing unit configured to change optical path lengths of the plurality of reference beams separately;
• and
• an image generation unit configured to generate a new tomographic image by correcting a displacement between the plurality of tomographic images along an image direction corresponding to a depth direction of the object, the displacement being directed to a difference between the changed optical path lengths, respectively, in the depth direction.

A method of controlling an imaging apparatus for acquiring a plurality of tomographic images of an object based on a plurality of combined beams which are obtained by respectively combining a plurality of return beams with a plurality of reference beams, the plurality of return beams being a plurality of measuring beams that return from the object after irradiating the object, the plurality of reference beams respectively corresponding to the plurality of measuring beams, the method comprising:

• controlling a display unit to display the plurality of tomographic images;
• changing optical path lengths of the plurality of reference beams separately;
• and
• generating a new tomographic image by correcting a displacement between the plurality of tomographic images along an image direction corresponding to a depth direction of the object, the displacement being directed to a difference between the changed optical path lengths, respectively, in the depth direction.