[미국특허]
Extended depth of field optical systems
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
G02B-005/18
G06K-009/40
출원번호
US-0758740
(2004-01-16)
등록번호
US-7436595
(2008-10-14)
발명자
/ 주소
Cathey, Jr.,Wade Thomas
Dowski, Jr.,Edward Raymond
출원인 / 주소
The Regents of the University of Colorado
대리인 / 주소
Lathrop & Gage LC
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초록▼
A system for increasing the depth of field and decreasing the wavelength sensitivity and the effects of misfocus-producing aberrations of the lens of an incoherent optical system incorporates a special purpose optical mask into the incoherent system. The optical mask has been designed to cause the o
A system for increasing the depth of field and decreasing the wavelength sensitivity and the effects of misfocus-producing aberrations of the lens of an incoherent optical system incorporates a special purpose optical mask into the incoherent system. The optical mask has been designed to cause the optical transfer function to remain essentially constant within some range from the in-focus position. Signal processing of the resulting intermediate image undoes the optical transfer modifying effects of the mask, resulting in an in-focus image over an increased depth of field. Generally the mask is placed at a principal plane or the image of a principal plane of the optical system. Preferably, the mask modifies only phase and not amplitude of light. The mask may be used to increase the useful range of passive ranging systems.
대표청구항▼
What is claimed is: 1. An imaging system characterized at least by an ambiguity function and a point spread function (PSF), which ambiguity function is a function of a normalized spatial frequency parameter u and a vertical variable v related to a misfocus parameter ψ, and which PSF is at leas
What is claimed is: 1. An imaging system characterized at least by an ambiguity function and a point spread function (PSF), which ambiguity function is a function of a normalized spatial frequency parameter u and a vertical variable v related to a misfocus parameter ψ, and which PSF is at least a function of the misfocus parameter ψ, the imaging system comprising: at least one lens and an optical mask that cooperate to image light from an object to form an optical image, which light is characterized by at least phase; and a detector for detecting the optical image over a range of spatial frequencies to generate a stored image, wherein the optical mask is configured for modifying the phase of the light such that a main lobe of the ambiguity function is broader in v for a given value of u and the PSF has a functionally different form for a given value of ψ, in comparison to a main lobe of an ambiguity function and a PSF, respectively, characterizing the imaging system without the optical mask for those given values of u and ψ, over an extended depth of focus larger than a depth of focus formed without the optical mask. 2. The system of claim 1, further comprising a post-processor for processing the stored image, in accordance with the PSF, to remove imaging effects induced by the optical mask and to form an electronic image that is clearer over the extended depth of focus as compared to an electronic image formed by the system and without the optical mask and over the extended depth of focus. 3. An imaging system having insensitivity to misfocus, the imaging system being characterized at least by an ambiguity function and a point spread function (PSF), which ambiguity function is a function of a normalized spatial frequency parameter u and a misfocus parameter ψ, and which PSF is also a function of at least the misfocus parameter ψ, the imaging system comprising: at least one lens, an optical mask and a detector that cooperate to image light from an object to form a stored image, which lens is characterized by at least a length L, a focal length f, a front principal plane and a rear principal plane, and which light is characterized by at least phase and a wavelength λ the optical mask modifying the phase such that a main lobe of the ambiguity function is broader for a given range of ψ at a given value of u, and the PSF has a functionally different form, in comparison to a main lobe of an ambiguity function and a PSF, respectively, characterizing the imaging system without the optical mask for that given range of the misfocus parameter ψ,defined by the equation: where dois a distance from the object to the front principal plane and diis a distance from the rear principal plane to the detector. 4. The imaging system of claim 3, wherein the range of the misfocus parameter is a range defined as 5. The imaging system of claim 3, wherein the optical mask is formed integrally with the lens. 6. A method for imaging, in an optical system characterized by at least an ambiguity function and a point spread function (PSF), which ambiguity function is a function of a normalized spatial frequency parameter u and a vertical variable v related to a misfocus parameter ψ, and which PSF is at least a function of the misfocus parameter ψ, the method comprising: imaging light from an object to form an optical image, which light is characterized by at least phase; and detecting the optical image to generate a stored image, wherein imaging includes modifying the phase, such that a main lobe of the ambiguity function is broader in v for a given value of u, and the PSF has a functionally different form for a given value of ψ over an extended depth of focus that is larger than a depth of focus formed without modifying the phase, in comparison to a main lobe of an ambiguity function and a PSF, respectively, characterizing the optical system without modifying the phase for those given values of u and ψ. 7. The method of claim 6, further comprising: post-processing the stored image to remove imaging effects induced in the image by modifying the phase, to form an electronic image that is clearer over the extended depth of focus as compared to an electronic image formed by the imaging system without modifying the phase. 8. An imaging system, comprising: a lens and an optical mask that cooperate to image light from an object to form an optical image having a range of spatial frequencies that is limited by an aperture of at least one of the lens and the optical mask, which light includes at least phase; and a detector for detecting the optical image over the range of spatial frequencies to generate a stored image, wherein the imaging system is characterized at least by an ambiguity function and a point spread function (PSF), which ambiguity function is a function of a normalized spatial frequency parameter u and a vertical variable v related to a misfocus parameter ψ, and which PSF is at least a function the misfocus parameter ψ, and wherein the optical mask is configured for modifying the phase without reducing the range of spatial frequencies, such that a main lobe of the ambiguity function is broader in v for a given value of u and the PSF has a functionally different form for a given value of ψ, in comparison to a main lobe of an ambiguity function and a PSF, respectively, characterizing the imaging system without the optical mask for those given values u and ψ, over an extended depth of focus larger than a depth of focus without the optical mask. 9. The imaging system of claim 8, further comprising a post-processing arrangement for processing the stored image to remove imaging effects induced by the optical mask, to form an electronic image that is clearer over the extended depth of focus as compared to an electronic image that would be formed by the imaging system without the optical mask and over the extended depth of focus. 10. A method for imaging light from an object to form an image in an optical system, which light includes phase and which imaging system is characterized at least by an ambiguity function and a point spread function (PSF), which ambiguity function is a function of a normalized spatial frequency parameter u and a vertical variable v related to a misfocus parameter ψ, and which PSF is at least a function of the misfocus parameter ψ, the method comprising: forming the image; and detecting the image over a range of spatial frequencies, wherein forming the image includes modifying the phase without reducing the range of spatial frequencies, such that a main lobe of the ambiguity function is broader in v for a given value of u and the PSF has a functionally different form for a given value of ψ, in comparison to a main lobe of an ambiguity function and a PSF, respectively, characterizing the imaging system without modifying the phase for those given values u and ψ, over a range of object distances between the object and the imaging system. 11. The method of claim 10, further comprising: post-processing the image to remove imaging effects induced in the image by the modifying, to render an electronic image that is clearer over the range of object distances, as compared to an electronic image that would be formed by the imaging system if the step of forming did not include modifying phase. 12. An imaging system characterized at least by an ambiguity function and a point spread function (PSF), which ambiguity function is a function of a normalized spatial frequency parameter u and a misfocus parameter ψ, and which PSF is also a function of at least the misfocus parameter ψ, the imaging system comprising: a lens and an optical mask that cooperate to image light from an object to form an optical image, which light is characterized by at least phase; and a detector for detecting the optical image over a range of spatial frequencies to form a detected image, wherein the optical mask is configured for modifying the phase such that a main lobe of the ambiguity function is broader for a given range of ψ at a given value of u and the PSF of the system has a functionally different form, in comparison to a main lobe of an ambiguity function and a PSF, respectively, characterizing the imaging system without the optical mask for that given range of the misfocus parameter ψ and over a range of object distances from the object to the system. 13. The system of claim 12, further comprising a post-processor for processing the detected image, to remove imaging effects induced in the optical image by the optical mask and to form an electronic image that is clearer, as compared to an electronic image that would be formed by the system without the optical mask, over the range of object distances. 14. The system of claim 12, wherein the optical mask is configured to implement a cubic phase modulation. 15. The system of claim 12 wherein the optical mask is formed integrally with the lens.
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