Optical imaging device
First Claim
1. An optical imaging device having a housing, wherein the housing has a bottom portion, and an opposite, top portion, comprising:
- a. an at least partially transparent platform having a first surface, an opposite, second surface, and a thickness, h, defined therebetween by the first surface and the second surface, and positioned over the top portion of the housing for supporting a stationary image placed on the first surface;
b. a reference pattern formed at a plane substantially parallel to and at a distance, d, from the first surface of the at least partially transparent platform, wherein d is greater than zero but not greater than the thickness h of the at least partially transparent platform;
c. a plate placed inside the housing, wherein the plate has a first surface that is substantially reflective and an opposite, second surface, and the plate is positioned above the bottom portion such that the first surface is facing the second surface of the at least partially transparent platform;
d. a number, N, of image heads, each image head having a head portion with a dimension and positioned on the plate in relation to its neighboring image heads to satisfy the relation of;
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L, with l being a characteristic dimension of the number N of image heads, and L being a characteristic distance between two neighboring image heads; and
e. a light source positioned inside the housing and adapted to direct a light beam at the first surface of the plate so that the light beam is reflected to the at least partially transparent platform, reflected off the stationary image placed on the first surface of the at least partially transparent platform and received by the number N of image heads to obtain an image of the stationary image placed on the first surface of the at least partially transparent platform.
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Abstract
An optical imaging device for obtaining an image of a stationary image placed on an at least partially transparent platform. In one embodiment, the optical imaging device includes at least one illuminating plate having at least one open cell, at least one imaging head received in the at least one open cell of the at least one illuminating plate, and a light source adapted for emitting a light, where the at least partially transparent platform, the at least one illuminating plate, and the light source are arranged such that when in operation, a light emitted from the light source is directed into the at least one illuminating plate so that the light is evenly spread toward the at least partially transparent platform, reflected off the stationary image placed on the at least partially transparent platform and received by the at least one image head to obtain the image of the stationary image placed on the at least partially transparent platform.
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78 Claims
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1. An optical imaging device having a housing, wherein the housing has a bottom portion, and an opposite, top portion, comprising:
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a. an at least partially transparent platform having a first surface, an opposite, second surface, and a thickness, h, defined therebetween by the first surface and the second surface, and positioned over the top portion of the housing for supporting a stationary image placed on the first surface;
b. a reference pattern formed at a plane substantially parallel to and at a distance, d, from the first surface of the at least partially transparent platform, wherein d is greater than zero but not greater than the thickness h of the at least partially transparent platform;
c. a plate placed inside the housing, wherein the plate has a first surface that is substantially reflective and an opposite, second surface, and the plate is positioned above the bottom portion such that the first surface is facing the second surface of the at least partially transparent platform;
d. a number, N, of image heads, each image head having a head portion with a dimension and positioned on the plate in relation to its neighboring image heads to satisfy the relation of;
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L,with l being a characteristic dimension of the number N of image heads, and L being a characteristic distance between two neighboring image heads; and
e. a light source positioned inside the housing and adapted to direct a light beam at the first surface of the plate so that the light beam is reflected to the at least partially transparent platform, reflected off the stationary image placed on the first surface of the at least partially transparent platform and received by the number N of image heads to obtain an image of the stationary image placed on the first surface of the at least partially transparent platform. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An optical imaging device for obtaining an image of a stationary image placed on an at least partially transparent platform, comprising:
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a. at least one illuminating plate having at least one open cell;
b. at least one imaging head received in the at least one open cell of the at least one illuminating plate; and
c. a light source adapted for emitting a light, wherein the at least partially transparent platform, the at least one illuminating plate, and the light source are arranged such that when in operation, a light emitted from the light source is directed into the at least one illuminating plate so that the light is evenly spread toward the at least partially transparent platform, reflected off the stationary image placed on the at least partially transparent platform and received by the at least one image head to obtain the image of the stationary image placed on the at least partially transparent platform. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. An optical imaging device for obtaining an image of a stationary image placed on an at least partially transparent platform having a first surface on which the stationary image is placed, an opposite, second surface, and a thickness, h, defined by the first surface and the second surface, comprising:
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a. a reference pattern formed at a plane substantially parallel to and at a distance, d, from the first surface of the at least partially transparent platform;
b. optical means for obtaining consecutive partial images of the stationary image, wherein each of the consecutive partial images includes an at least partial image of the reference pattern; and
c. an image processing system for using the partial image of the reference pattern in each of the consecutive partial images as a reference to combine the consecutive partial images so as to form a substantially complete image of the stationary image. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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53. A method for obtaining an image of a stationary image placed on an at least partially transparent platform having a first surface on which the stationary image is placed, an opposite, second surface, and a thickness, h, defined by the first surface and the second surface, comprising the steps of:
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a. forming a reference pattern at a plane substantially parallel to and at a distance, d, from the first surface of the at least partially transparent platform;
b. obtaining consecutive partial images of the stationary image, wherein each of the consecutive partial images includes an at least partial image of the reference pattern; and
c. using the partial image of the reference pattern in each of the consecutive partial images as a reference to combine the consecutive partial images so as to form a substantially complete image of the stationary image. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60)
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61. An optical imaging device for obtaining an image of a stationary image placed on an at least partially transparent platform having a first surface on which the stationary image is placed, an opposite, second surface, and a thickness, h, defined by the first surface and the second surface, comprising:
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two or more image heads for obtaining images of the stationary image, wherein each of the image heads has a head portion with a dimension and the two or more image heads are positioned in relation to each other to satisfy the relation of;
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L,with l being a characteristic dimension of the image heads, L being a characteristic distance between two neighboring image heads. - View Dependent Claims (62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73)
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- 74. An imaging tile mountable and modulable to an optical imaging device, comprising at least one image head for obtaining an image of a stationary image.
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