Spectral imaging system
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1. An imaging system comprising:
- an interferometer to generate an interference pattern from a first light beam emanating from a first scene; and
an optics sub-system to generate six or more responses from a second light beam formed by illumination of a second scene, wherein each of said six or more responses is a corresponding image of said second scene represented by different spectral content of said second light beam,wherein said second light beam is a single beam formed by one illumination of said second scene,wherein each response contains a respective magnitude of reflectance at a corresponding distinct wavelength band for each pixel representing said second scene,wherein all of said six or more responses represent a same spatial area of said second scene.
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Abstract
A spectral imaging system includes a spectrometer and an optics imaging system. The spectrometer is operable for generating spectral signatures of objects from a scene. The optics imaging system is operable to generate six or more responses from the same scene. Each of the six or more responses represents different spectral content of the objects in the scene. The responses generated by the optics imaging system can be used to generate a hypercube using spectral reconstruction techniques. In an embodiment, the spectral imaging system could be implemented as part of a mobile phone.
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20 Claims
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1. An imaging system comprising:
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an interferometer to generate an interference pattern from a first light beam emanating from a first scene; and an optics sub-system to generate six or more responses from a second light beam formed by illumination of a second scene, wherein each of said six or more responses is a corresponding image of said second scene represented by different spectral content of said second light beam, wherein said second light beam is a single beam formed by one illumination of said second scene, wherein each response contains a respective magnitude of reflectance at a corresponding distinct wavelength band for each pixel representing said second scene, wherein all of said six or more responses represent a same spatial area of said second scene. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11)
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8. The imaging system of 7, wherein said beam splitter is in the form of a cube, said cube containing a diagonal partially-reflecting plane to cause part of said beam of light to be reflected towards said prism in a third direction, wherein a pair of surfaces in the combination of said beam splitter and said prism are designed
to be partially reflecting surfaces to reflect at least respective portions of both of said first beam and said second beam, wherein said respective portions are processed by said spectrometer to generate said spectral signature, wherein other surfaces in said combination are designed not to be reflective surfaces.
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12. A spectral camera system comprising:
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an optics sub-system to form a plurality of beams of light from a single beam received by a single illumination of a scene, wherein each of said single beam and said plurality of beams represent said scene, wherein each of said plurality of beams contain different spectral content; and a set of sensors, each sensor to receive a corresponding one of said plurality of beams and to generate a corresponding set of responses, said sets of responses together comprising six or more responses, wherein each response is a respective image of said scene in only a corresponding band of wavelengths, wherein each band of wavelengths is constituted of a plurality of wavelengths which are contiguous, wherein each response contains a respective magnitude of reflectance at the corresponding band of wavelengths for each pixel representing said scene, wherein all of said six or more responses represent a same spatial area of said scene. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An imaging system comprising:
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a processor; a memory; an interferometer to generate an interference pattern from a first light beam emanating from a first scene; and an optics sub-system to generate six or more responses from a second light beam formed by a single illumination of a second scene, wherein each of said six or more responses is a corresponding image of said second scene represented by different spectral content of said second light beam, wherein each response contains a respective magnitude of reflectance at a corresponding distinct wavelength band for each pixel representing said second scene, wherein all of said six or more responses represent a same spatial area of said second scene wherein said processing block is operable to process said interference pattern to generate a spectral signature of said first scene, said processing block operable to store, in said memory, said spectral signature as representing a base characteristic of an object representing said first scene, wherein said processing block is operable to process said reflectance magnitudes in said six or more responses to generate a hypercube, said hypercube containing a plurality of values for each pixel of an image representing said second scene, wherein each value represents the magnitude of reflectance of the portion of the second scene corresponding to the pixel at a corresponding wavelength contained in said single illumination, wherein said processing block compares said spectral signature to characteristics represented by at least some of said plurality of values to determine whether said second scene deviates from said base characteristic. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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