METHOD OF CALIBRATING A SYSTEM FOR READING BIREFRINGENT DATA

    公开(公告)号:US20240248292A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-25

    申请号:US18158582

    申请日:2023-01-24

    IPC分类号: G02B21/06 G02B21/26

    CPC分类号: G02B21/06 G02B21/26

    摘要: A method of calibrating a polarized light microscope comprises placing an optical data storage medium in a sample stage of the polarized light microscope, the optical data storage medium comprising a substrate having birefringent voxels embedded therein; measuring a background birefringence of the optical data storage medium; adjusting the polarized light microscope to compensate for the background birefringence. By correcting for background birefringence, image contrast may be improved. Further improvements may be obtained by optimizing swing angles of measurement states after compensating for the background birefringence. Also provided is a method of reading data from a birefringent optical data storage medium, and a system useful for implementing the methods.

    BACKGROUND CORRECTION FOR BIREFRINGENCE MEASUREMENTS

    公开(公告)号:US20210350510A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-11

    申请号:US16867323

    申请日:2020-05-05

    IPC分类号: G06T5/00 G06T5/20

    摘要: One example provides a computer-implemented method for reading data stored as birefringence values in a storage medium. The method comprises acquiring an image of a voxel of the storage medium, applying a first low-pass filter with a first cutoff frequency to the image of the voxel to obtain a first background image, applying a second low-pass filter with a second cutoff frequency to the image of the voxel to obtain a second background image, the second cutoff frequency being different than the first cutoff frequency, determining an enhanced background image from the first background image and the second background image, determining birefringence values for the enhanced background image, determining birefringence values for the image of the voxel, and correcting the birefringence values for the image of the voxel based upon the birefringence values for the enhanced background image.