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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2011
Applicants:
Dvir Yelin, Haifa, IL;
Avraham Abramov, Pardes Hana, IL;
Inventors:
Dvir Yelin, Haifa, IL;
Avraham Abramov, Pardes Hana, IL;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/64 (2006.01); G01J 3/28 (2006.01); G01J 3/10 (2006.01); G01J 3/18 (2006.01); G01N 21/47 (2006.01); G02B 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 3/2823 (2013.01); G01J 3/10 (2013.01); G01J 3/1804 (2013.01); G01N 21/474 (2013.01); G01N 21/6456 (2013.01); G01N 2021/4742 (2013.01); G01N 2021/6421 (2013.01); G01N 2021/6471 (2013.01); G01N 2021/6484 (2013.01); G02B 21/0076 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of forming an image of a target that comprises illuminating a target with light, maneuvering an optical unit having at least one diffractive element in front of the target through a plurality of positions, capturing, during the maneuvering, a plurality of spectrally encoded frames each from a portion of the light that is scattered from a different of a plurality of overlapping segments along a track traversing an image plane of the target, and combining the plurality of spectrally encoded frames to form a composite multispectral image of at least a portion of said target.