Abstract
The invention is a method for providing Tunable Extended Depth of Field (TEDOF) to an optical system. The method comprises: (a) providing at least one tunable Spatial Light Modulator (SLM) in the pupil plane or in the conjugate plane of the pupil plane of the optical system; (b) building a database of masks tailored to the structure of the tunable SLMs; (c) using the optical system to grab at least two images using different masks from the database of masks; and (d) time multiplexing the wavefront profiles of the at least two images to produce a final image. Each of the profiles in the database gives a Depth of Field (DOF) lower than the DOF of the final image.
| Original language | English |
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| Patent number | US2016299339 |
| IPC | H04N 5/ 247 A I |
| Priority date | 3/12/14 |
| State | Published - 13 Oct 2016 |