Image analysis – Image enhancement or restoration – Focus measuring or adjusting
Patent
1996-06-05
1999-06-22
Tran, Phuoc
Image analysis
Image enhancement or restoration
Focus measuring or adjusting
G06K 940
Patent
active
059150483
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for discriminating an in-focus image from an out-of-focus image which may be implemented in accordance with either or both an illumination procedure and a signal detection procedure includes collimating light rays emanating from a point in an object plane in an object to produce collimated rays. The collimated rays are focused onto a spot in an in-focus image plane. Light impinging on the spot is detected to measure the intensity thereof. The phase of a first portion of the collimated rays is shifted to produce a first quantity of phase-shifted rays, and the phase of a second portion of the collimated rays also is shifted to produce a second quantity of phase-shifted rays. The first and second quantities of phase-shifted rays are focused onto the spot. Light including the remaining non-phase-shifted rays and the first and second quantities of phase-shifted rays impinging on the spot is detected to measure the intensity thereof. The intensities measured for the remaining non-phase-shifted rays and the first and second quantities of phase-shifted rays are subtracted from the intensities measured for the rays focused on the spot in the in-focus image plane to cancel the effects of light from the out-of-focus image impinging on the spot to obtain an accurate representation of the object at the point in the object plane.
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Hill Henry A.
Oglesby Paul H.
Ziebell Douglas A.
Tran Phuoc
Zetetic Institute
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