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IC chip inspection: Bio medical
field application:
In this research, a real-time observational sensor system for the
tele-micro-operation has been proposed with a dynamic focusing lens and
a smart vision sensor using the ``depth from focus'' criteria.
On the operation of micro objects, such as the micro-surgery, DNA operation
and etc., the small depth of a focus on the
microscope makes bad observability. For example, if the focus is on the object,
the actuator could not be seen with the microscope. On the other hand, if
the focus is on the actuator, the object could not be observed.
Then, the ``all-in-focus image'', which holds the in-focused texture all over
the image, is useful to observe the micro environments with
the microscope. However, one drawback on the all-in-focus image is that there
is no information about the depth of objects. It is also important to
show the 3D micro environments in real-time to actuate the micro objects
with the micro virtual environments.
This paper discusses, firstly, the criteria of ``depth from focus''
to achieve the all-in-focus image and the 3D micro environments'
reconstruction, simultaneously. Then, a real-time VR micro camera system has
been proposed to achieve the micro VR environments with the ``depth from
focus'' criteria. This system is constructed with a dynamic focusing lens,
which could change the focal distance of lens in high frequency, and a smart
vision system, which is capable in capturing and processing the image data in
high speed with SIMD architecture.
Fig: System
Fig: The Process to Make AIF Image