Abstract:
Provided is an optical scanning image forming apparatus, including: a light source section; an illumination scanning section scanning illumination light from the light source section and irradiating the illumination light onto an object; a light detection section detecting detection light from the object; a calculation section calculating a drive waveform for providing a light scanning pattern to be formed by the illumination scanning section; and a coordinate for image construction; and an image drawing section drawing an image based on the detection light detected by the light detection section and the coordinate for image construction, the drive waveform consisting of, in a predetermined period, a plurality of frames of different phases. Also provided is an optical scanning image forming method.
Abstract:
A scanning observation apparatus includes: an optical fiber that emits illumination light; a scanning section that two-dimensionally scans an observation object with the illumination light by giving vibration to a distal end of the optical fiber; a waveform generation section that generates a vibration waveform of the distal end of the optical fiber by the scanning section; a sampling section that samples a vibration waveform generated by the waveform generation section and instructs the scanning section on the vibration waveform; and a control section that supplies a drive frequency and a frame period to the waveform generation section, and a scanning sampling rate to the sampling section, wherein the control section calculates the frame period by dividing the number of vibrations in one frame period input thereto by the drive frequency, and calculates the scanning sampling rate so as to be an integer multiple of the drive frequency.
Abstract:
This optical scanning method yields a high quality image. An emission end of an optical fiber is displaced two-dimensionally to scan light emitted from the optical fiber, the emission end being displaced with an optical scanning actuator that includes a first driver and a second driver for driving the emission end in different directions. A circular scanning area is scanned by controlling, with a driver controller, a first drive signal supplied to the first driver and a second drive signal supplied to the second driver so as to rotate a scanning pattern of the light while causing the scanning pattern to reciprocate repeatedly in a nearly parallel manner with constant length.
Abstract:
A scanning observation apparatus (10) deflects illumination light with an actuator (25) through an illumination optical system (26) to scan an object (32), subjects light from the object (32) to photoelectric conversion with an optical detector (44), performs processing with an image processor (46), and displays an image of the object (32) on a display (60). A memory (35) stores information on optical characteristics related to chromatic aberration of magnification of the illumination optical system (26) relative to light of predetermined colors. A scanning pattern calculator (45) calculates a scanning pattern, on the object (32), of light of each color using the information. Using the scanning pattern, the image processor (46) calibrates a plot position yielded by a photoelectric conversion signal from the optical detector (44) for light of each color and generates an image of the object (32), thereby more easily correcting the chromatic aberration of magnification.
Abstract:
An optical scanning image forming apparatus includes: a light source section; an illumination scanning section; a light detection section; a calculation section calculating a drive waveform for providing a illumination light scanning pattern; and an image drawing section drawing an image, based on detection light detected by the light detection section and image construction coordinates, the calculation section providing different light scanning patterns to the illumination scanning section and calculating distortion correction data, based on comparison between data on the detection lights detected when scanned in the different scanning patterns. An optical scanning image forming method includes: providing different light scanning patterns to an illumination scanning section which scans the illumination light from a light source section to irradiate an object with the illumination light; and calculating distortion correction data, based on comparison between data on the detection light detected when scanned in the different scanning patterns.
Abstract:
An optical fiber is vibrated at an emitting end part by a scanning part, and light is irradiated from an emitting end face of the optical fiber onto an object to scan the object. The scanning part includes a pair of first direction coils facing each other in a first direction across the emitting end part, and a permanent magnet installed as penetrating the emitting end part. The permanent magnet is magnetized in the axial direction of the emitting end part. The scanning part drives, by supplying power to the first direction coils, the emitting end part to vibrate in the first direction in the second or higher-order resonance mode, forming nodes of the vibration within the permanent magnet. When in a state of non-vibration in the first direction, a relative distance between the permanent magnet and the first direction coils is smaller than that in other directions.
Abstract:
An optical scanning endoscope apparatus, includes: an irradiation fiber having an emitting end thereof oscillatably supported and irradiating light from a light source part onto an object; and a drive mechanism for driving the emitting end so as to cause light from the light source to be irradiated onto the object, in which the apparatus has a first irradiation mode as an imaging mode (corresponding to t1) for repeatedly scanning a desired region of the object with light from the light source and a second irradiation mode (corresponding to t4) for irradiating, between the temporally-adjacent scans in the first irradiation mode, a designated region selected from the desired region of the object, and provides, when the second irradiation mode is started, the drive mechanism with an offset signal (I0) for irradiating the designated region, and maintains the offset signal while repeating the irradiation in the second irradiation mode.
Abstract:
An endoscope apparatus includes: a light source that radiates a pulsed light beam onto an imaging subject; an imaging optical system; an image transmission optical system that transmits the image of the imaging subject; an optical sensor that has a light receiving surface on which a plurality of pixels are arrayed and that detects a light level of the image; and one or more processors, wherein the optical sensor obtains light levels by detecting, in a time division manner, a reflected light beam of the pulsed light beam at each of the pixels, and wherein the processors are configured to: calculate an observation distance to the imaging subject from the imaging optical system on a basis of the light levels.
Abstract:
This optical scanning method yields a high quality image regardless of the size of the scanning area. An emission end of an optical fiber is displaced two-dimensionally to scan light emitted from the optical fiber, the emission end being displaced by an optical scanning actuator that includes a first driver and a second driver for driving the emission end in different directions. A non-circular scanning area is scanned by controlling, with a driver controller, a first drive signal supplied to the first driver and a second drive signal supplied to the second driver so as to rotate a scanning pattern of the light, while causing the scanning pattern to reciprocate repeatedly in a nearly parallel manner, and to change a length of the scanning pattern in accordance with a rotation angle of the scanning pattern.
Abstract:
Provided is an optical scanning observation apparatus including: a light source unit (30) for outputting laser light; a scanning part (23) for scanning, on an object of observation (70), a condensing position of the laser light output from the light source; and a detection unit (40) for sampling signal light obtained through scanning of the laser light, and converting the signal light into an electric signal, in which a sampling time for detecting signal light per one sampling is varied in accordance with changes in scanning rate of the scanning part (24) scanning on the object of observation (70). In this manner, variation in resolution of an image resulting from changes in scanning rate per each sampling can be reduced.