US 12,464,213 B2
Multiplexed photon emitter and camera configuration for an image acquisition device
Yigal Katzir, Rishon Lezion (IL); Ilia Lutsker, Kfar Saba (IL); and Elie Meimoun, Jerusalem (IL)
Filed by Orbotech Ltd., Yavne (IL)
Filed on Jun. 28, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/758,063.
Application 18/758,063 is a continuation of application No. 17/420,136, abandoned, previously published as PCT/IL2020/050037, filed on Jan. 9, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/791,897, filed on Jan. 14, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0357221 A1, Oct. 24, 2024
Int. Cl. H04N 23/56 (2023.01); G01N 21/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/17 (2006.01); G01N 21/88 (2006.01); G01N 21/956 (2006.01); G02B 5/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/30 (2006.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/56 (2023.01) [G01N 21/00 (2013.01); G02B 5/001 (2013.01); G02B 27/30 (2013.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01); G01N 2021/177 (2013.01); G01N 21/8806 (2013.01); G01N 2021/95638 (2013.01)] 31 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image acquisition device comprising:
a first plurality of cameras arranged in a mutually spaced configuration, each having a field of view, each of said fields of view lying in a plane;
an illumination platform having an upper surface and a lower surface, said upper surface being proximal to said first plurality of cameras, said lower surface being distal from said first plurality of cameras, wherein a multiplicity of apertures is formed in said illumination platform, each of said apertures allowing viewing therethrough of said field of view by said camera;
a second plurality of photon emitters arranged in a multiplicity of generally circumferential arrangements, each of said generally circumferential arrangements illuminating one of said fields of view, said second plurality of photon emitters being mounted on said lower surface, each of said generally circumferential arrangements, when projected on said plane of said field of view illuminated thereby, circumferentially surrounding said field of view; and
at least one photon emitter of at least one of said generally circumferential arrangements directing light to at least one other of said fields of view in addition to said field of view illuminated by said at least one generally circumferential arrangement.