Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Imaging system and imaging method
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Application No.: US16089400Application Date: 2017-03-15
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Publication No.: US11079618B2Publication Date: 2021-08-03
- Inventor: Koyo Watanabe , Koji Takahashi , Takashi Inoue , Haruyasu Ito
- Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
- Applicant Address: JP Hamamatsu
- Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
- Current Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Hamamatsu
- Agency: Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
- Priority: JPJP2016-067875 20160330
- International Application: PCT/JP2017/010430 WO 20170315
- International Announcement: WO2017/169789 WO 20171005
- Main IPC: G02F1/01
- IPC: G02F1/01 ; G02B5/30 ; H04N5/232

Abstract:
An imaging system includes a light source for outputting initial pulsed light, a polarization control unit for rotating a polarization plane of the initial pulsed light, an optical pulse shaping unit for inputting the initial pulsed light with the rotated polarization plane, and outputting first pulsed light Lp1 having a first polarization direction and second pulsed light Lp2 having a second polarization direction different from the first polarization direction with a time, an irradiation optical system for irradiating an imaging object with the pulsed light Lp1 and the pulsed light Lp2, a light separation element for separating the pulsed light Lp1 and the pulsed light Lp2 reflected by or transmitted through the imaging object on the basis of the polarization directions, an imaging unit for imaging the pulsed light Lp1, and an imaging unit for imaging the pulsed light Lp2.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200301174A1 IMAGING SYSTEM AND IMAGING METHOD Public/Granted day:2020-09-24
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