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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2009
David Lavan Henderson, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Kevin Bernard Kenny, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Siavash Yazdanfar, Niskayuna, NY (US);
David LaVan Henderson, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Kevin Bernard Kenny, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Siavash Yazdanfar, Niskayuna, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
In an imaging device having an objective and a stage for holding a sample to be imaged, a method for autofocusing is presented. The method includes determining a measured focus value corresponding to at least a first of a plurality of logical image segments. Further, the method includes imaging the first logical image segment using the measured focus value. The method also includes determining a predicted focus value for a second of the plurality of logical image segments using the measured focus value and a stored focus variation parameter. In addition, the method includes imaging the second logical image segment using the predicted focus value.