Observation device, observation method, and observation system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2021271067-A1
Application number	US-201917274694-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 12, 2019
Priority date	Sep 19, 2018
Publication date	Sep 2, 2021
Grant date	—

Abstract

To obtain a more accurate image by improving a utilization efficiency of light energy while at the same time suppressing with a simpler method distortion that may occur in an inline hologram when a plurality of lights having different wavelengths are used, an observation device (1) according to the present disclosure includes a light source part (11) in which a plurality of light emitting diodes (101) having different light emission wavelengths with a length of each light emission point being smaller than 100λ (λ: light emission wavelength) are arranged such that a separation distance between the adjacent light emitting diodes is equal to or smaller than 100λ (λ: light emission wavelength); and an image sensor (13) installed so as to be opposed to the light source part with respect to an observation target object.

First claim

1 . An observation device comprising:
a light source part in which a plurality of light emitting diodes having different light emission wavelengths with a length of each light emission point being smaller than 100λ (λ: light emission wavelength) are arranged such that a separation distance between the adjacent light emitting diodes is equal to or smaller than 100λ (λ: light emission wavelength); and an image sensor installed so as to be opposed to the light source part with respect to an observation target object.

2 . The observation device according to claim 1 , wherein a length of the separation distance is equal to or smaller than five times the length of the light emission point.

3 . The observation device according to claim 1 , wherein a bandpass filter setting a transmission wavelength band to a peak wavelength of each of the plurality of light emitting diodes is installed between the observation target object and the light source part.

4 . The observation device according to claim 1 , further comprising a calculation processing part for executing calculation processing for obtaining an image of the observation target object by using a photographed image for each light emission wavelength, the photographed image being generated by the image sensor, wherein the calculation processing part comprises:
a preprocessing part for executing, for the photographed image for each light emission wavelength, preprocessing including at least shift correction of the image that depends on a positional relationship among the plurality of light emitting diodes; and a reconstruction processing part for reconstructing the image of the observation target object by using the preprocessed photographed image.

5 . The observation device according to claim 4 , wherein the preprocessing part is configured to execute the shift correction so as to cancel a positional deviation between the photographed images due to positions at which the respective light emitting diodes are installed.

6 . The observation device according to claim 4 , wherein the preprocessing part is configured to:
select one light emitting diode serving as a reference from among the plurality of light emitting diodes; and shift spatial coordinates of the photographed images which are photographed by using the remaining light emitting diodes other than the light emitting diode serving as the reference in a direction of the photographed image which is photographed by using the light emitting diode serving as the reference among the plurality of light emitting diodes.

7 . The observation device according to claim 4 , wherein
the light source part includes the three light emitting diodes having different light emission wavelengths arranged in one row, and the preprocessing part is configured to shift spatial coordinates of the photographed images which are photographed by using the light emitting diodes positioned at both ends in a direction of the photographed image which is photographed by using the light emitting diode positioned at a center by a correction amount δ calculated by the following expression (1):

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where, in the expression (1), δ represents a correction amount, L represents a distance between the light source part and the image sensor, Z represents a distance between the observation target object and the image sensor, and p represents a distance between the light emitting diodes.

8 . The observation device according to claim 4 , wherein
the light source part includes the three light emitting diodes having different light emission wavelengths arranged in a triangle, and the preprocessing part is configured to shift spatial coordinates of the photographed images which are photographed by using any two of the light emitting diodes in a direction of the photographed image which is photographed by using the one remaining light emitting diode.

9 . The observation device according to claim 1 , wherein the observation target object is a biomaterial.

10 . An observation method comprising:
applying light to an observation target object for each light emission wavelength by a light source part in which a plurality of light emitting diodes having different light emission wavelengths with a length of each light emission point being smaller than 100λ (λ: light emission wavelength) are arranged such that a separation distance between the adjacent light emitting diodes is equal to or smaller than 100λ (λ: light emission wavelength); and photographing an image of the observation target object for each light emission wavelength by an image sensor installed so as to be opposed to the light source part with respect to the observation target object.

11 . An observation system comprising:
a light source part in which a plurality of light emitting diodes having different light emission wavelengths with a length of each light emission point being smaller than 100λ (λ: light emission wavelength) are arranged such that a separation distance between the adjacent light emitting diodes is equal to or smaller than 100λ (λ: light emission wavelength); an image sensor installed so as to be opposed to the light source part with respect to an observation target object; and a calculation processing part for executing calculation processing of obtaining an image of the observation target object by using a photographed image for each light emission wavelength which is generated by the image sensor.

Assignees

• Sony Corp

Inventors

• Tatsuta Hirokazu

Classifications

• H04N23/56

  provided with illuminating means · CPC title

• G02B21/006 Primary

  focusing arrangements; selection of the plane to be imaged · CPC title

• G03H2222/34

  Multiple light sources · CPC title

• G03H2222/13

  Multi-wavelengths wave with discontinuous wavelength ranges (G03H2222/18 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G03H2001/266

  Wavelength multiplexing · CPC title