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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2013
Applicant:
Jason Mcclure, Leominster, MA (US);
Inventor:
Jason McClure, Leominster, MA (US);
Assignee:
Roper Scientific, Inc., Tucson, AZ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 13/20 (2011.01); G02B 21/16 (2006.01); G02B 21/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 21/16 (2013.01); G02B 21/367 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments include methods that may be used to optically obtain the precise three-dimensional location of multiple objects from one or more two dimensional images. An optical point spread function having a transverse shape which varies with axial distance may be implemented to obtain depth information. The transverse variation in the PSF with depth may be produced using a cylindrical lens. The objects may be imaged by a focal plane array detector. One or more 2D images may be used to find the 3D location of the objects using sparse signal reconstruction methods.