Patent ID: 11906724
Assignee: LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. An imaging system for generating color video, the imaging system comprising:
a light assembly comprising a plurality of light sources arranged about an optical axis of the light assembly, the light assembly configured to selectively energize the plurality of light sources in a sequence;
a stage assembly configured to receive a biological sample within a light path of the light assembly;
a monochrome camera disposed within the light path and configured to generate monochrome images corresponding to successive stages of the sequence; and
an image processor in electrical communication with the monochrome camera, the image processor configured to receive the monochrome images at successive time points and compile the monochrome images into a plurality of video frames to generate a color video,
wherein a stage of the sequence corresponds to an illumination color of the plurality of light sources, and wherein the stages of the sequence comprise a higher frequency of one illumination color of the sequence than of the other illumination colors of the sequence.