Optical system for reformatting a line image
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1. An optical system for reformatting an image, comprising:
- at least one optical subsystem having a plurality of planar optical elements optically coupled to a line image, the at least one optical subsystem (i) segmenting the line image into a plurality of image segments, each image segment being of a predetermined segment length and located at a respective original position in the line image, and (ii) reimaging each of the image segments onto at least one image cell in accordance with the original position of the image segments in the line image.
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Abstract
An optical system is coupled between a one-dimensional line image and a two-dimensional detector array. The line image is segmented and reimaged onto respective image cells of the detector array, each image cell being a row of detector cells. The optical system positionally segments the line image into lengths of a predetermined length. The predetermined length of the segments optically fit within the width of image cells within the array. The optical system reimages the line segments to image cell positions on the detector array. The optical system preferably employs diffractive (binary) optic elements.
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52 Claims
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1. An optical system for reformatting an image, comprising:
at least one optical subsystem having a plurality of planar optical elements optically coupled to a line image, the at least one optical subsystem (i) segmenting the line image into a plurality of image segments, each image segment being of a predetermined segment length and located at a respective original position in the line image, and (ii) reimaging each of the image segments onto at least one image cell in accordance with the original position of the image segments in the line image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An optical system for reformatting an image, comprising:
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a first optical subsystem optically coupled to a line image for segmenting the line image into a plurality of image segments, each image segment located at an original position in the line image, the image segments being of a first length; an array of detector cells arranged into rows; and a second optical subsystem having a plurality of planar optical reimaging elements optically coupled to the first optical subsystem for reimaging each of the image segments through a select reimaging element onto at least one row of detector cells in accordance with the original position of the image segments in the line image, each detector cell being of a second length. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method of optically reformatting a line image comprising the steps of:
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optically coupling at least one optical subsystem having a plurality of planar optical elements to the line image; in the optical subsystem, segmenting a line image into a plurality of image segments located at an original position in the line image, the segments being of a predetermined segment length; and in the optical subsystem, reimaging each of the image segments from the line image onto at least one image cell in accordance with the original position of the image segments in the line image. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method of optically reformatting a line image comprising the steps of:
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optically coupling a first optical subsystem to the line image; in the first optical subsystem, segmenting a line image into a plurality of image segments located at an original position in the line image, the segments being of a first length; providing an array of detector cells having rows of detector cells; optically coupling a second optical subsystem having a plurality of planar optical reimaging elements to the first optical subsystem; and in the second optical subsystem, reimaging each of the image segments from the line image through a select reimaging element onto at least one row of detector cells in accordance with the original position of the image segments in the line image. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. An optical system for reformatting an image, comprising:
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an image source subsystem having a lens for imaging light from a view to form a line image of light bundles; and an optical subsystem optically coupled to the image source subsystem for (i) segmenting the light bundles of the line image into a plurality of image segments, each image segment being of a predetermined length and located at a respective original position in the line image, and (ii) reimaging each of the image segments onto at least one image cell in accordance with the original position of the image segments in the line image. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A method for reformatting an image, comprising the steps of:
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imaging light from a view through a lens of an image source subsystem to form a line image of light bundles; optically coupling an optical subsystem to the image source subsystem; in the optical subsystem, segmenting the light bundles of the line image into a plurality of image segments, each image segment being of a predetermined length and located at a respective original position in the line image; and in the optical subsystem, reimaging each of the image segments onto at least one image cell in accordance with the original position of the image segments in the line image. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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