Imaging device analysis systems and imaging device analysis methods
First Claim
1. An imaging device analysis system comprising:
- a light source that outputs light for use in analyzing at least one imaging component comprising a lens of an imaging device that generates images responsive to received light, wherein the light source outputs first light having a first wavelength characteristic at a first moment in time and outputs second light having a second wavelength characteristic different from the first wavelength characteristic at a second moment in time, and the light source outputs the second light as a plurality of light beams directed along different respective spatially separated beam paths; and
processing circuitry that is coupled with the light source and controls the light source to optically communicate the light to the imaging device and to lock a focus of the lens of the imaging device using the light of the first wavelength characteristic at the first moment in time, wherein the processing circuitry accesses image data generated by the imaging device in response to receipt of the light from the light source having the second wavelength characteristic at the second moment in time with the focus of the lens locked, the processing circuitry identifies in the image data areas corresponding to locations of an image sensor of the imaging device that received light of second wavelength characteristic, and the processing circuitry determines whether a chromatic aberration is present within the lens based on an analysis of the identified areas.
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Abstract
Imaging device analysis systems and imaging device analysis methods are described. According to one embodiment, an imaging device analysis system includes a light source configured to output light for use in analyzing at least one imaging component of an imaging device, wherein the imaging device is configured to generate images responsive to received light, and processing circuitry coupled with the light source and configured to control the light source to optically communicate the light to the imaging device, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to access image data generated by the imaging device responsive to the reception, by the imaging device, of the light from the light source and to process the image data to analyze an operational status of the at least one imaging component.
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1. An imaging device analysis system comprising:
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a light source that outputs light for use in analyzing at least one imaging component comprising a lens of an imaging device that generates images responsive to received light, wherein the light source outputs first light having a first wavelength characteristic at a first moment in time and outputs second light having a second wavelength characteristic different from the first wavelength characteristic at a second moment in time, and the light source outputs the second light as a plurality of light beams directed along different respective spatially separated beam paths; and processing circuitry that is coupled with the light source and controls the light source to optically communicate the light to the imaging device and to lock a focus of the lens of the imaging device using the light of the first wavelength characteristic at the first moment in time, wherein the processing circuitry accesses image data generated by the imaging device in response to receipt of the light from the light source having the second wavelength characteristic at the second moment in time with the focus of the lens locked, the processing circuitry identifies in the image data areas corresponding to locations of an image sensor of the imaging device that received light of second wavelength characteristic, and the processing circuitry determines whether a chromatic aberration is present within the lens based on an analysis of the identified areas. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An imaging device analysis method comprising:
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fixing focus of a lens of an imaging device configured to generate images responsive to received light; outputting a plurality of light beams directed along different respective spatially separated beam paths, wherein each light beam comprises light in each of multiple discrete wavelength ranges; receiving the light beams using the imaging device after the fixing; generating image data using the imaging device responsive to the receiving the light beam; identifying in the image data areas corresponding to locations of an image sensor of the imaging device that received the light beams; and determining whether a chromatic aberration of the lens of the imaging device is present based on an analysis of the identified areas, wherein for each of the identified areas of the imaging device the analysis comprises ascertaining different regions of the identified area that received light having different respective mixes of the discrete wavelength ranges of light. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An imaging device analysis method comprising:
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outputting a light beam for communication to an imaging device configured to generate images responsive to received light; focusing the light beam using a lens of the imaging device; after the focusing, receiving the light beam using an image sensor of the imaging device; generating image data using the image sensor of the imaging device responsive to the receiving the light beam; processing the image data corresponding to a plurality of pixel locations of the image sensor, wherein the processing comprises determining respective sizes of one or more areas of the image sensor illuminated by the light beam and ascertaining whether a chromatic aberration is present based on the one or more determined sizes; and indicating results of the focusing by the lens using the processing. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. An imaging device analysis method comprising:
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outputting a plurality of light beams for communication to an imaging device configured to generate images responsive to received light, wherein the outputting comprises outputting the plurality of light beams in a pattern that provides the light beams arranged in a plurality of straight lines; accessing image data generated by the imaging device responsive to the light beams communicated to the imaging device; processing the image data to identify in the image data areas corresponding to locations of an image sensor of the imaging device that received the light beams, wherein the processing comprises identifying a plurality of pixel locations of the imaging device which received the light beams, comparing the pixel locations to the pattern, and analyzing alignment of the pixel locations with respect to the straight lines; and determining distortion of optics of the imaging device based on the analyzing of the identified areas. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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