Method and Apparatus for Sharpening a Laser Image
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Abstract
Methods and systems are disclosed that include an optical device for providing information about one or more samples. The system includes well(s) for holding the sample(s), and in one embodiment, the optical device(s) have non-parallel sidewalls optically contacting the well(s) for providing the information about the sample(s) in the well(s). In some embodiments the optical devices may be truncated prism(s). In some embodiments the optical devices are part of a unibody structure with the well(s).
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71 Claims
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1-54. -54. (canceled)
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55. A method of processing an initial image to produce a sharper final image, the method comprising:
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providing laser illumination to form an initial image;
transforming said initial image to a frequency domain;
removing high frequency components, and transforming said frequency domain information back to a final image. - View Dependent Claims (56, 57, 58, 59, 60)
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61-62. -62. (canceled)
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63. A method of sharpening a laser image comprising the steps of
providing laser illumination to form an initial image; -
acquiring an electronic equivalent of said initial image;
transforming said equivalent to frequency domain data;
removing high frequency components from said frequency domain data to provide residual frequency data, and transforming the residual frequency data to a final image that is sharper than the initial image. - View Dependent Claims (64, 65, 66, 67, 68)
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69. Apparatus for sharpening a laser image comprising
a laser to form an initial laser image; -
a device for acquiring an electronic equivalent of the initial image;
a circuit for transforming said equivalent to frequency domain data;
a circuit for removing high frequency components from the frequency domain data to provide residual frequency domain data, and a circuit for transforming the residual frequency domain data to a final image that is sharper than the initial image. - View Dependent Claims (70, 71)
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