Data-efficient and self adapting imaging spectrometry method and an apparatus thereof
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1. A method for spectral imaging, the method comprising:
- capturing high spectral resolution data of at least a first portion of a first scene using a first plurality of channels;
determining a first set of channels from a second plurality of channels which can reconstruct spectra of the first portion of the first scene to satisfy a first error criterion when compared with the captured high spectral resolution data, wherein the first set of channels from the second plurality of channels comprises a smallest number of the plurality of channels which can be used to reconstruct spectra of the first portion of the first scene to satisfy a first error criterion when compared with the captured high spectral resolution data, wherein the determining further comprises performing an iterative optimization to determine a first set of channels from a second plurality of channels which can reconstruct spectra of the first portion of the first scene to satisfy a first error criterion when compared with the captured high spectral resolution data; and
capturing pixel data of at least a second portion of at least the first scene using the first set of channels.
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Abstract
A method for spectral imaging includes capturing high spectral resolution data of at least a portion of an image using a plurality of channels, determining a first set of channels from the plurality of channels which can reconstruct spectra of the portion of the image to within a first error tolerance from the captured high spectral resolution data, and capturing estimated spectral resolution data of the image using the first set of channels.
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1. A method for spectral imaging, the method comprising:
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capturing high spectral resolution data of at least a first portion of a first scene using a first plurality of channels;
determining a first set of channels from a second plurality of channels which can reconstruct spectra of the first portion of the first scene to satisfy a first error criterion when compared with the captured high spectral resolution data, wherein the first set of channels from the second plurality of channels comprises a smallest number of the plurality of channels which can be used to reconstruct spectra of the first portion of the first scene to satisfy a first error criterion when compared with the captured high spectral resolution data, wherein the determining further comprises performing an iterative optimization to determine a first set of channels from a second plurality of channels which can reconstruct spectra of the first portion of the first scene to satisfy a first error criterion when compared with the captured high spectral resolution data; and
capturing pixel data of at least a second portion of at least the first scene using the first set of channels. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 13, 17, 20)
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6. A method for spectral imaging, the method comprising:
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capturing high spectral resolution data of at least a first portion of a first scene using a first plurality of channels;
determining a first set of channels from a second plurality of channels which can reconstruct spectra of the first portion of the first scene to satisfy a first error criterion when compared with the captured high spectral resolution data;
capturing pixel data of at least a second portion of at least the first scene using the first set of channels;
determining a first transform from the first set of channels which can reconstruct spectra;
at least once capturing high spectral resolution data of at least a third portion of a second scene;
capturing pixel data of the at least a third portion of a second scene using the first set of channels;
reconstructing estimated spectra by applying the first transform to the captured pixel data;
comparing the high spectral resolution data with the reconstructed estimated spectra to determine an intermittent error;
determining a second set of channels from the second plurality of channels which can reconstruct spectra of the third portion of the second scene to satisfy the first error criterion when compared with the captured high spectral resolution data if the intermittent error does not satisfy a second error criterion; and
capturing pixel data of at least a fourth portion of any remaining portion of at least the second scene using the second set of channels. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18)
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19. A method for spectral imaging, the method comprising:
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capturing high spectral resolution data of at least a first portion of a first scene using a first plurality of channels;
determining a first set of channels from a second plurality of channels which can reconstruct spectra of the first portion of the first scene to satisfy a first error criterion when compared with the captured high spectral resolution data;
capturing pixel data of at least a second portion of at least the first scene using the first set of channels;
determining which aspects of the captured estimated spectral resolution data are signatures of original color levels and which aspects of the captured estimated spectral resolution data are signatures of deterioration artifacts based on stored image information; and
correcting the aspects of the captured estimated spectral resolution data which are signatures of deterioration artifacts.
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21. A system for spectral imaging, the system comprising:
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an imaging system that captures high spectral resolution data of at least a portion of a first scene using a first plurality of channels; and
a spectral processing system that determines a first set of channels from a second plurality of channels which can reconstruct spectra of the first portion of the first scene to satisfy a first error criterion when compared with the captured high spectral resolution data, wherein the first set of channels from the plurality of channels comprises a smallest number of channels which can be used to reconstruct spectra of the first portion of the scene to satisfy a first error criterion when compared with the captured high spectral resolution data, wherein the imaging system captures pixel data of at least a second portion of at least the first scene using the first set of channels, wherein the spectral processing system performs an iterative optimization to determine a first set of channels from a second plurality of channels which can reconstruct spectra of the first portion of the first scene to satisfy a first error criterion when compared with the captured high spectral resolution data. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 30, 38)
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25. A system for spectral imaging, the system comprising:
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an imaging system that captures high spectral resolution data of at least a portion of a first scene using a first plurality of channels; and
a spectral processing system that determines a first set of channels from a second plurality of channels which can reconstruct spectra of the first portion of the first scene to satisfy a first error criterion when compared with the captured high spectral resolution data, wherein the imaging system captures pixel data of at least a second portion of at least the first scene using the first set of channels;
wherein the spectral processing system compares at least once the high spectral resolution data for a second portion of a second scene against the estimated spectral resolution data captured using the first set of channels for the second portion of the second scene to determine an intermittent error, the spectral processing system determines a second set of channels from the second plurality of channels which can reconstruct spectra of the second portion of the second scene to satisfy the first error criterion when compared to the captured high spectral resolution data if the intermittent error is greater then a second error tolerance, and the imaging system captures pixel data of at least a portion of any remaining portion of at least the second scene using the second set of channels. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29)
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31. A method for spectral imaging, the method comprising:
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capturing a first high spectral resolution data of at least a first portion of a first scene using a plurality of channels;
capturing pixel data of at least a second portion of a first scene using a first set of channels from the first plurality of channels;
determining a first transform based on the first set of channels and the first high spectral resolution data;
generating an image of the first scene using the transform and the captured pixel data;
capturing high spectral resolution data of at least a second portion of a second scene using a plurality of channels;
applying the first transform to the pixel data from the first set of channels to the second portion of the second scene to produce spectral estimates;
compare the spectral estimates to the high spectral resolution data to determine an intermittent error; and
determining a second transform based on the first set of channels and the second high spectral resolution data if the intermittent error is greater than a first error tolerance. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33)
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34. A system for spectral imaging, the system comprising:
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a first imaging sub-system that captures a first high spectral resolution data of at least a first portion of a first scene using a plurality of channels;
a second imaging sub-system that captures pixel data of at least a second portion of a first scene using a first set of channels from a plurality of channels; and
a spectral processing system that determines a first transform based on the first set of channels and the first high spectral resolution data generates the image of the first scene using the transform and the captured pixel data;
wherein the first imaging sub-system captures high spectral resolution data of at least a portion of a second scene using a plurality of channels and wherein the spectral imaging system applies the first transform to the pixel data from the first set of channels of the at least a portion of the second scene producing spectral estimates, compares the spectral estimates to the high spectral resolution data to determine an intermittent error and determines a second transform based on the first set of channels and the second high spectral resolution data if the intermittent error is greater than a first error tolerance. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37)
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