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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2010
Lloyd Douglas Clark, San Francisco, CA (US);
Brian A. Brown, San Francisco, CA (US);
William T. Davids, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Lloyd Douglas Clark, San Francisco, CA (US);
Brian A. Brown, San Francisco, CA (US);
William T. Davids, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A relay lens assembly () for use with a microscope (), telescope or binocular (), comprises a lens element () that is responsive to commands, conveyed from a control unit (), via a conduit () between the control unit and the lens element. A computing device () controls operation of the lens assembly and a digital camera () that has an image sensor (). The control unit causes the lens assembly to assume any of a plurality of predetermined focal lengths so that different depths of an object being imaged can be rendered in-focus on the sensor. A series of images can be taken at predetermined, computer-controlled focal depths. These images can be processed in order to create a photomontage that is in focus at a plurality of predetermined depths in a process commonly called focus-stacking. The addition of a plurality of data input and analysis units () and a combiner () makes rapid processing of individual images possible for photomontage at video rates.