Patent ID: 11896346
Assignee: OMNI MEDSCI, INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G  H  Y | IPC A  G  H

Claim 10:
11. The optical system of claim 8, wherein the optical system including the processor is further configured to be coupled to a remote sensing system comprising:
an array of laser diodes configured to generate light having an initial light intensity and a second one or more optical wavelengths, wherein at least a portion of the second one or more optical wavelengths is a second near-infrared wavelength between 700 nanometers and 2500 nanometers, wherein at least a portion of the array of laser diodes comprises one or more Bragg reflectors, wherein the at least a portion of the array of laser diodes is further configured to be modulated with a pulsed output with a pulse duration of approximately 0.5 to 2 nanoseconds and a pulse repetition rate between one kilohertz and about 100 megahertz, and wherein the array of laser diodes is further coupled to driver electronics;
a beam splitter configured to receive a portion of the light from the array of laser diodes and to direct at least some of the portion of the light from the array of laser diodes to a target, wherein the beam splitter is further configured to separate the received portion of the light into a plurality of spatially separated lights;
a detection apparatus comprising a photodiode array, wherein the detection apparatus further comprises one or more lenses and one or more spectral filters in front of at least a part of the photodiode array, wherein the photodiode array is further coupled to a processing unit, and wherein the photodiode array comprises a plurality of pixels coupled to CMOS transistors;
wherein the detection apparatus is configured to receive at least a portion of light reflected from the target, and wherein the detection apparatus is further configured to be synchronized to the at least a portion of the array of laser diodes comprising Bragg reflectors;
wherein the detection apparatus is further configured to perform a time-of-flight measurement based on a time difference between a first time in which the at least a portion of the array of laser diodes generate light and a second time in which the photodiode array receives the at least a portion of light reflected from the target;
a camera system coupled to a lens system and the processing unit, the camera system configured to capture one or more images including at least a part of the target; and
wherein the remote sensing system is configured to combine at least a portion of the one or more images and at least a portion of the time-of-flight measurement.