US 12,306,584 B2
Holographic microscope
Seon Kyu Yoon, Gwangju (KR); Ha Mong Shim, Gwangju (KR); Jin Su Lee, Gwangju (KR); and Kwang Hoon Lee, Anyang-si (KR)
Assigned to Korea Photonics Technology Institute, Gwangju (KR)
Filed by Korea Photonics Technology Institute, Gwangju (KR)
Filed on Dec. 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/533,186.
Application 18/533,186 is a division of application No. 17/403,960, filed on Aug. 17, 2021, granted, now 12,045,008.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0184484 (KR), filed on Dec. 28, 2020; and application No. 10-2020-0188151 (KR), filed on Dec. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0126206 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G03H 1/00 (2006.01); G01B 9/021 (2006.01); G01B 11/16 (2006.01); G03H 1/04 (2006.01); G03H 1/08 (2006.01)
CPC G03H 1/0005 (2013.01) [G01B 9/021 (2013.01); G01B 11/164 (2013.01); G03H 1/0402 (2013.01); G03H 1/0443 (2013.01); G03H 1/0866 (2013.01); G03H 2001/005 (2013.01); G03H 2001/0415 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
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1. A holographic microscope, comprising:
a light source;
an optical system splitting light emitted from the light source into a light toward an object and a reference light and inducing interference between light transmitted through the object and the reference light;
a first image sensor implemented as a charge coupled device (CCD) receiving the interference light and sensing interference information for the interference light and configured to recognize 3D information for the object accurately by sensing, from the interference light, a step shorter than a wavelength of light emitted from the light source;
a second image sensor implemented as a plenoptic camera receiving the light transmitted through the object and sensing information for the received light and configured to quickly sense the object macroscopically by sensing a step longer than the wavelength of the light emitted from the light source; and
an image processor deriving a shape of the object based on the interference information sensed by the first image sensor and the information sensed by the second image sensor, wherein the optical system includes:
a first beam splitter splitting a portion of the light received from the light source into the object and transmitting a rest of the received light, as the reference light;
a third beam splitter allowing object light split by the first beam splitter and transmitted through the object and the reference light to propagate along the same path;
a mirror reflecting the object light transmitted through the object to the third beam splitter; and
a second beam splitter disposed between the mirror and the third beam splitter on an optical path to split a portion of the object light into the second image sensor.