Lens-less digital microscope
US8624968B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 13, 2010 |
| Grant date | Jan 7, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 29, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH10H29/142
- WIPO fieldMicro-structural and nano-technology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Exemplary embodiments provide microscope devices and methods for forming and using the microscope devices. The microscope device can include a light emitter array with each light emitter individually addressable to either emit or detect light signals. Magnified images of a sample object can be generated by a reflection mechanism and/or a transmission mechanism using one or more microscope devices in an imaging system. Real-time computer control of which microscope pixels are viewed can allow the user to digitally replicate the “fovea” function of human vision. Viewing an object from both sides in the double-sided microscope system and from multiple pixel positions can allow the microscope to reconstruct pseudo-3D images of the object.
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