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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2019
Molecular Devices, Llc, San Jose, CA (US);
Dihui Hong, Chester Springs, PA (US);
Stephen Rhein, Phoenixville, PA (US);
Avrum Cohen, Downingtown, PA (US);
Steve Luke, Downingtown, PA (US);
Molecular Devices, LLC, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer implemented system and method for generating a focus corrected image of a sample disposed on a sample holder of an imaging system is disclosed. The imaging system includes an image sensor and a lens moveable relative to the image sensor between a first position and a second position. A characteristic map of the lens is developed that associates coordinates of each pixel of an image generated by the imaging sensor with one of a first plurality of locations of the lens between the first position and the second position. An image generator develops an output pixel of a focus-corrected image of a sample from a plurality of images of the sample acquired when the lens is positioned at a corresponding one of a second plurality of locations of the lens between the first position and the second position. The image generator selects a second location in accordance with the characteristic map, an image from the plurality of images of the sample associated with the second location, and determines a value of the output pixel in accordance with a value of a pixel of the selected one of the plurality of images that corresponds to the output pixel.