Title:
MULTIPLE IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DESIGNING SAME
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2003079093
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
An optical system of the present invention produces multiple simultaneous adjoining images on a single image plane. The optical system includes a first optical sub-system (12), a second optical sub-system (14), an aperture stop (16) located between the first and second optical sub-systems, and a beam separating sub-system (18) located at a plane substantially coincident with the aperture stop. The beam separating sub-system can receive electromagnetic radiation from the first optical sub-system and can separate the received electromagnetic radiation into multiple beams of electromagnetic radiation. The second optical sub-system images the multiple beams of electromagnetic radiation received from the beam separating sub-system into multiple images on an image plane (28).An output filter, overlaid on the image plane, prevents light from any one of the images from passing through to the portion of the image plane corresponding to any one of the other images.
Inventors:
TOCCI MICHAEL D
TOCCI NORA C
MOORADIAN GREGORY C
TOCCI NORA C
MOORADIAN GREGORY C
Application Number:
PCT/US2003/007865
Publication Date:
April 15, 2004
Filing Date:
March 13, 2003
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SCIENCE & ENGINEERING ASSOCIAT (US)
International Classes:
A61B5/00; A61B17/00; A61B18/20; A61N5/06; (IPC1-7): G02B27/12
Foreign References:
| GB656908A | 1951-09-05 | |||
| GB2338080A | 1999-12-08 | |||
| EP0403467A2 | 1990-12-19 | |||
| US20020007123A1 | 2002-01-17 | |||
| US5024530A | 1991-06-18 |
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