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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025

Filed:

Feb. 02, 2024
Applicant:

Karl Storz Imaging, Inc., Goleta, CA (US);

Inventor:

George E. Duckett, Iii, Castaic, CA (US);

Assignee:

KARL STORZ Imaging, Inc., Goleta, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/06 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); H04N 7/08 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04N 23/50 (2023.01); H04N 23/74 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/0638 (2013.01); A61B 1/00009 (2013.01); A61B 1/04 (2013.01); H04N 7/0806 (2013.01); H04N 7/183 (2013.01); H04N 23/555 (2023.01); H04N 23/74 (2023.01);
Abstract

A hyperspectral imaging method and system including cameras with simultaneous white light imaging capability are presented. A video system includes a camera and a light source adapted to provide white light illumination at a first frame rate suitable for live video, and to provide intermittent narrowband illumination for individual frames interspersed among the white light illuminated frames, where the spectrum of the narrowband illumination varies amongst the interspersed frames permitting a series of at least two differently illuminated narrowband interspersed frames to be assembled into a multispectral or hyperspectral data cube at a second frame rate. The system also includes a processor adapted to receive an image signal and create a live video feed based on the white light illuminated frames by replacing the narrowband illuminated frames with generated or previously collected frames.


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