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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2004
David T. Beatson, Kennett Square, PA (US);
Christian Hoffman, Willow Grove, PA (US);
David T. Beatson, Kennett Square, PA (US);
Christian Hoffman, Willow Grove, PA (US);
Kulicke & Soffa Investments, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A method and system for providing different images representing plural depths of field of an electronic device. The vision system has a beamsplitter for receiving an image of the device illuminated by the at least one light source, the beamsplitter providing one of the plurality of images of the device based in a wavelength of the light source; an aperture having a plurality of effective diameters based on the wavelength of light from the at least one light source, the aperture determining a depth of field of the image of the device; and an optical element for receiving the image of the device, the optical element magnifying the image by a predetermined magnification factor to produce a magnified image having the determined depth of field.