US 12,277,731 B2
Methods and systems for system self-diagnosis
Badr Elmaanaoui, Belmont, MA (US)
Assigned to CANON U.S.A., INC., Melville, NY (US)
Filed by Canon U.S.A., Inc., Melville, NY (US)
Filed on Jul. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/870,681.
Prior Publication US 2024/0029305 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. G06T 7/80 (2017.01); G01B 9/02055 (2022.01); G01B 9/02091 (2022.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01)
CPC G06T 7/80 (2017.01) [G01B 9/02072 (2013.04); G01B 9/02091 (2013.01); G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10101 (2013.01)] 31 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An interferometry and/or Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) system that operates to determine a health of one or more internal components of the interferometry and/or OCT system and/or to determine a health of the interferometry and/or OCT system, comprising:
an imaging apparatus or system using one or more imaging modalities;
at least one reference reflection that operates so that a reflection from a portion of the one or more internal components of the interferometry and/or OCT system is visible in an observable imaging depth or in an imaging field of view; and
one or more processors that operate to determine the health of the one or more internal components and/or the health of the interferometry and/or OCT system based on one or more interferometry signals and/or images.