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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2017
Applicant:
Olympus Corporation, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Kanto Miyazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 1/58 (2006.01); G01B 11/24 (2006.01); H04N 13/229 (2018.01); G01N 21/64 (2006.01); G02B 21/16 (2006.01); G02B 21/36 (2006.01); G02B 21/18 (2006.01); G02B 21/22 (2006.01); H04N 13/232 (2018.01); G02B 21/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/24 (2013.01); G01N 21/6458 (2013.01); G02B 21/16 (2013.01); G02B 21/18 (2013.01); G02B 21/22 (2013.01); G02B 21/361 (2013.01); G02B 21/367 (2013.01); H04N 13/229 (2018.05); H04N 13/232 (2018.05); G02B 21/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image pickup apparatus includes observation units that observe an object from different directions and an image processor. Each of the observation units includes an objective lens, a lens array, and an image pickup element, receives light with the image pickup element, the light being modulated by the object and passing through the objective lens and the lens array, and outputs image signals having a phase difference. The image processor measures a shape of the object in terms of the relative distance from a reference point based on the image signals from the observation units.