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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. 23, 2014

Filed:

Apr. 04, 2012
Applicants:

Jeffrey P. Wilde, Los Altos, CA (US);

Yonina C. Eldar, Haifa, IL;

Joseph W. Goodman, Los Altos, CA (US);

Inventors:

Jeffrey P. Wilde, Los Altos, CA (US);

Yonina C. Eldar, Haifa, IL;

Joseph W. Goodman, Los Altos, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 9/02 (2006.01); G02B 27/58 (2006.01); G02B 21/06 (2006.01); G01N 21/956 (2006.01); G02B 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 21/06 (2013.01); G01B 9/02047 (2013.01); G01B 2210/56 (2013.01); G02B 27/58 (2013.01); G01N 2021/95676 (2013.01); G02B 21/002 (2013.01); G01N 21/956 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems, methods and devices are implemented for optical imaging. In one embodiment of the present disclosure, an optical imaging apparatus utilizes a laser-based coherent light source, and an optical device to pass grated light along an illumination direction from the laser-based coherent light source toward an object. Additionally, an illumination modulator is provided for changing angles at which the light, moving toward the object plane, reaches the object plane, and the light reaches the object plane at different angles. Further, the apparatus can include circuitry to process image-based data in response to and based on the light reaching the object plane at different angles for a user-viewable image of an object in proximity of the object plane.


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