Observation device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9411146-B2
Application number	US-201214355593-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 1, 2012
Priority date	Nov 2, 2011
Publication date	Aug 9, 2016
Grant date	Aug 9, 2016

Abstract

An observation device is provided with a light source section, a detection section and an arithmetic operation section. The light source section emits light to a moving object from multiple directions. a detection section is disposed on a predetermined plane such that scattered light having an identical scattering angle enters at an identical position, outputs data temporally changing at a frequency corresponding to an amount of Doppler shift of light that reaches at each position on the predetermined plane. An arithmetic operation section performs a one-dimensional Fourier transform with respect to time variables, for data having a position in the first direction on the predetermined plane, a position in the second direction on the predetermined plane, and a time as variables, and extracts data having an identical incident angle relative to the object from the Fourier-transformed data, on the basis of Doppler Effect.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An apparatus for observing a moving object comprising:
a light source section configured to output light to be emitted to the object;
an optical system configured to receive the output light and split the received light into first light and second light in front of the object, and emit the first light to the object from multiple directions;
a detection section configured to be disposed on a predetermined plane such that scattered light having an identical scattering angle from among scattered light generated by the object upon irradiation with the light by the optical system enters at an identical position, and when a direction perpendicular to a moving direction of the object is defined as a first direction and a direction parallel with the moving direction of the object is defined as a second direction, output data temporally changing at a frequency corresponding to an amount of Doppler shift of light that reaches at each position on the predetermined plane, for each position in the first direction and the second direction, at each times; and
an arithmetic operation section configured to perform a one-dimensional Fourier transform with respect to time variables, for data having a position in the first direction on the predetermined plane, a position in the second direction on the predetermined plane, and a time as variables, and extract data having an identical incident angle relative to the object from the Fourier-transformed data, on the basis of Doppler Effect;
wherein the optical system modulates the first light or the second light with a modulator, and then causes a heterodyne interference between the scattered light and the second light on the predetermined plane.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the arithmetic operation section extracts data of a plane satisfying following Equation (1) from the Fourier transformed data,
ω−Ω=α y +β sin θ 0   (1)

in which ω is a time frequency of the Fourier transformed data, Ω is a modulation frequency, y is a position in the second direction of the detection section, θ 0 is the incident angle, and α and β are constant.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a condensing lens configured to be interposed between the object and the detection section, wherein the arithmetic operation section extracts data of a plane satisfying following Equation (2) from the Fourier transformed data,

ω
-
Ω

=

2
⁢
π
⁢

⁢
V

λ

⁡

[

sin
⁡

(

tan

-
1

⁡

(

y

f
Y

)

)

-

sin
⁢

⁢

θ
0

]

(
2
)

in which ω is a time frequency of the Fourier transformed data, Ω is a modulation frequency of the modulator, V is a moving velocity of the object, λ is a wavelength of the light emitted by the light source section, y is a position in the second direction of the detection section, f y is a focal distance in the second direction of the condensing lens, and θ 0 is the incident angle.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a condensing lens configured to be interposed between the object and the detection section,
wherein the light receiving surface of the detection section is disposed on a surface in which a Fresnel diffraction image of the object is formed in the first direction and a Fraunhofer diffraction image of the object is formed in the second direction by the condensing lens, and
wherein the arithmetic operation section comprises a first Fourier transform section configured to perform a one dimensional Fourier transform with respect to a time variable, a second Fourier transform section configured to perform a one dimensional Fourier transform with respect to the first direction, an extraction section configured to extract the data having an identical incident angle with respect to the object based on the Doppler Effect, and a secondary phase division section configured to divide the data by a secondary phase which is a value determined by a position at which the detection section is disposed.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a condensing lens configured to be interposed between the object and the detection section, wherein the light receiving surface of the detection section is disposed on a surface in which a Fraunhofer diffraction image of the object is formed in the first direction and a Fraunhofer diffraction image of the object is formed in the second direction by the condensing lens, and
wherein the arithmetic operation section comprises a first Fourier transform section configured to perform a one dimensional Fourier transform with respect to a time variable, and an extraction section configured to extract data having an identical incident angle with respect to the object based on the Doppler Effect.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a condensing lens configured to be interposed between the object and the detection section,
wherein the light receiving surface of the detection section is disposed on a surface in which an image of the object is formed in the first direction and a Fraunhofer diffraction image of the object is formed in the second direction by the condensing lens, and
the arithmetic operation section comprises a first Fourier transform section configured to perform a one dimensional Fourier transform with respect to a time variable, a second Fourier transform section configured to perform the one dimensional Fourier transform on the first direction, and an extraction

Assignees

• Hamamatsu Photonics Kk

Inventors

• Iwai Hidenao

Classifications

• G01B11/00 Primary

  Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques · CPC title

• G01B9/02002

  using two or more frequencies · CPC title

• G01B9/02045

  using the Doppler effect · CPC title

• G01B9/02043

  Imaging of the Fourier or pupil or back focal plane, i.e. angle resolved imaging · CPC title

• G02B21/365 Primary

  Control or image processing arrangements for digital or video microscopes (G02B21/361, G02B21/362 take precedence) · CPC title