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Multiple-view compressed-sensing ultrafast photography (MV-CUP)

US10473916B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 23, 2017
Grant dateNov 12, 2019
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Expiry dateMar 16, 2038

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N25/00
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method for compressed-sensing ultrafast photography for two-dimensional dynamic imaging is disclosed. The system and method may capture non-repetitive time-evolving events at up to about 100 billion frames per second.In an aspect, a digital micromirror device (DMD) may be added as the spatial encoding module. By using the DMD and applying the CUP reconstruction algorithm, a conventional 1D streak camera may be transformed to a 2D ultrafast imaging device. The resultant system may capture a single, non-repetitive event at up to 100 billion frames per second with appreciable sequence depths (up to about 350 frames per acquisition). In another aspect, a dichroic mirror may be used to separate signals into two color channels, and may further expand CUP's functionality into the realm of four-dimensional x, y, λ, t ultrafast imaging, maximizing the information content that may be simultaneously acquired from a single instrument.On the basis of compressed sensing (CS), CUP may encode the spatial domain with a pseudo-random binary pattern, followed by a shearing operation in the temporal domain, performed using a streak camera with a fully opened entrance slit. This encoded, s…

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