Patent ID: 9357202
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: G02B,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A high resolution imaging device with wide field and extended focus, comprising: a body comprising a light detector layer outside a transparent surface element; a beam generator having a beam generator surface, the beam generator configured to generate a plurality of nondiffracting beams, each nondiffracting beam having a substantially constant spot size and a beam length, wherein each nondiffracting beam is configured to propagate imaging illumination along the beam length; a scanning mechanism for moving the plurality of nondiffracting beams through an object being imaged between the beam generator surface and the transparent surface element or moving the object through the plurality of nondiffracting beams in order to propagate the imaging illumination m lengths of the nondiffracting beams through a volume of the object; a light detector in the light detector layer, the light detector configured to receive light incident across the light detector layer and measure light data associated with the plurality of nondiffracting beams illuminating the volume of the object; and a processor configured to generate an image of the object based on the light data measured by the light detector, wherein the image is at a focal plane within the extended depth of focus defined by the beam lengths of the nondiffracting beams.