Title:
IMAGE ACQUISITION SYSTEM AND IMAGE ACQUISITION METHOD
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2018/062412
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
The present invention uses a simple structure to acquire, in a short time, a color image of wide wavelength range emission spectrum information for a sample, and rapidly determines a success/failure result for detection of the emission spectrum information for the sample. A superconducting transition-edge sensor 108 is a photodetection element that can diffract a single photon, and outputs a wave height value detection signal in accordance with the wavelength of the wide wavelength range emission spectrum from a sample 200. A photon counter 112 performs a voltage comparison between the detection signal of the superconducting transition-edge sensor 108 and three threshold values corresponding to the wavelengths of three primary color signals, and counts the number of inputs per unit time of detection signals that are greater than or equal to the threshold values. A control PC 113 acquires, from three types of count values from the photon counter 112, respective image values for RGB primary colors, constructs a color image on the basis of these image values according to a known method, and outputs the result to an image output device 114 such as a display or printer to display or print the color image.
Inventors:
FUKUDA DAIJI (JP)
NIWA KAZUKI (JP)
NUMATA TAKAYUKI (JP)
NIWA KAZUKI (JP)
NUMATA TAKAYUKI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2017/035298
Publication Date:
April 05, 2018
Filing Date:
September 28, 2017
Export Citation:
Assignee:
AIST (JP)
International Classes:
G01J3/50; G01J1/02; G01J3/443; G01N21/64; G02B21/00; H04N1/028
Foreign References:
| JP2001289953A | 2001-10-19 | |||
| US20110254959A1 | 2011-10-20 | |||
| US20150253195A1 | 2015-09-10 |
Other References:
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ROMANI R. W. ET AL.: "PHASE-RESOLVED CRAB STUDIES WITH A CRYOGENIC TRANSITION-EDGE SENSOR SPECTROPHOTOMETER", THE ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, vol. 563, 10 December 2001 (2001-12-10), pages 221 - 228, XP080056528
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NIWA K. ET AL.: "Few-photon color imaging using energy-dispersive superconducting transition-edge sensor spectrometry", SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, vol. 7, 4 April 2017 (2017-04-04), pages 1 - 7
ROSENBERG D. ET AL.: "Noise-free high-efficiency photon-number-resolving detectors", PHYSICAL REVIEW A, vol. 71, 17 June 2005 (2005-06-17), pages 061803 - 1-061803-4, XP080196108
ROMANI R. W. ET AL.: "PHASE-RESOLVED CRAB STUDIES WITH A CRYOGENIC TRANSITION-EDGE SENSOR SPECTROPHOTOMETER", THE ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, vol. 563, 10 December 2001 (2001-12-10), pages 221 - 228, XP080056528
CABRERA B. ET AL.: "Detection of single infrared, optical, and ultraviolet photons using superconducting transition edge sensors", APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, vol. 73, no. 6, 10 August 1998 (1998-08-10), pages 735 - 737, XP012021897
NIWA K. ET AL.: "Few-photon color imaging using energy-dispersive superconducting transition-edge sensor spectrometry", SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, vol. 7, 4 April 2017 (2017-04-04), pages 1 - 7
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
HIRAKAWA, Akira et al. (JP)
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