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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2019
Karl Storz SE & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Karl Storz Imaging, Inc., Goleta, CA (US);
George E. Duckett, III, Castaic, CA (US);
Eric Hale, Vancouver, WA (US);
Nathan Schara, Washougal, WA (US);
KARL STORZ SE & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
KARL STORZ Imaging, Inc., Goleta, CA (US);
Abstract
A dynamic imaging system of an endoscope that adjusts path length differences or focal points to expand a usable depth of field. The imaging system utilizes a variable lens to adjust the focal plane of the beam or an actuated sensor to adjust the detected focal plane. The imaging system is thus capable of capturing and adjusting the focal plane of separate images captured on separate sensors. The separate light beams may be differently polarized by a variable wave plate or a polarized beam splitter to allow separate manipulation of the beams for addition of more frames. These differently focused frames are then combined using image fusion techniques.