Single spot focus control

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7791008
APP PUB NO 20100025566A1
SERIAL NO

12221267

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The present invention discloses methods and systems for improved focusing of imaging systems for the acquisition of high-quality focused tissue image data. A light emitter (L) aims a focusing light beam (FLB) towards an object of interest (O) so that the focusing light beam (FLB) is at an angle relative to the optical axis (OA) of the imager (I). If the object of interest (O) is out of focus, the focusing light spot (FLS) will appear above or below the focal point in the image (I). The pixel difference between the center of the focusing light spot (FLS) and the focal point indicates the range adjustment value. The range between the imager (I) and the object of interest (O) can then be adjusted according to the range adjustment value using a lookup table or calculations.

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STI MEDICAL SYSTEMS LLC733 BISHOP STREET SUITE 3100 HONOLULU HI 96813

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Gustafsson, Ulf Peter 1720 Ala Moana Blvd., Apt. 807B 10 375
Hargrove, John Taylor 1039 Hoomaikai St. 3 22

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