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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2014
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Peter J. Nystrom, Webster, NY (US);
Lalit K. Mestha, Fairport, NY (US);
Edgar A. Bernal, Webster, NY (US);
Xuejin Wen, Fairport, NY (US);
Peter Gulvin, Webster, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A method is provided for using a single-pixel imager in order to spatially reconstruct an image of a scene. The method can comprise the following: configuring a light filtering device including an array of imaging elements to a spatially varying optical filtering process of incoming light according to a series of spatial patterns corresponding to sampling functions. The light filtering device can be a transmissive filter including a first membrane, a second membrane, and a variable gap therebetween. The method further comprises tuning a controller for manipulating a variable dimension of the gap; and, measuring, using a photodetector of the single-pixel imager, a magnitude of an intensity of the filtered light across pixel locations in the series of spatial patterns. The magnitude of the intensity can be equivalent to an integral value of the scene across the pixel locations.