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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2019
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Azad Shademan, Campbell, CA (US);
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A plenoptic endoscope includes a fiber bundle with a distal end configured to receive light from a target imaging region, a sensor end disposed opposite the distal end, and a plurality of fiber optic strands each extending from the distal end to the sensor end. The plenoptic endoscope also includes an image sensor coupled to the sensor end of the fiber bundle, and a plurality of microlenses disposed between the image sensor and the sensor end of the fiber bundle, the plurality of microlens elements forming an array that receives light from one or more of the plurality of fiber optic strands of the fiber bundle and directs the light onto the image sensor. The plurality of microlens elements and the image sensor together form a plenoptic camera configured to capture information about a light field emanating from the target imaging region.