Patent ID: 7288751
Filing Date: 2007-10-30
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A microscopic imaging system, comprising: a handheld computer for storing a microscopic image from an object plane; a camera associated with the handheld computer to receive the microscopic image from the object plane, the camera having a sensor comprising pixels, the pixels having a pixel pitch; and at least one optical component that magnifies data from the object plane in order to generate the microscopic image, the pixel pitch having a correlation to the at least one optical component, the correlation providing a range of less than two projected pixels mapped to a diffraction-limited spot in the object plane to one pixel mapped to less than two diffraction-limited spots in the object plane, the at least one optical component comprises a first lens positioned toward the object plane and a second lens positioned toward the sensor, the first lens sized to have a focal length smaller than the second lens to provide an apparent reduction of the pixels within the object plane.