Device and method for rapid three-dimensional capture of image data

US12001006B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Tiemo Anhut · Jena, DE
• Daniel Schwedt · Weimar, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 1, 2021
• Grant date: Jun 4, 2024
• Expiry date: Sep 8, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06N3/08
• WIPO field: Audio-visual technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A device includes a detection path, along which detection radiation is guided, and a means for splitting the detection radiation between first and second detection paths. A detector has detector elements in each detection path. A microlens array is disposed upstream of each detector in a pupil. The first and second detectors have a substantially identical spatial resolution. The detector elements of the first detector are arranged line by line in a first line direction, while the detector elements of the second detector are arranged line by line in a second line direction. The first and second detectors are arranged relative to the image to be captured such that the first and second line directions are inclined relative to one another. A readout unit for reading out the image data of the detectors is configured for selectively reading those detector elements arranged line by line which form an image line.