Patent ID: 9024945
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: G02B,G06K

Abstract:
1. A method for localizing an object containing an ensemble of light-switchable elements in three-dimensional space comprising the steps of: causing a first sparse subset of the elements to illuminate; acquiring a first image b having dimensions m causing said first sparse subset of the elements to extinguish; repeating the previous three steps for different sparse subsets of elements; defining a sensing array Φ=m×n×l which represents a discrete set of possible PSF's that any of said elements can generate within a given volume having dimensions n creating a three dimensional image of said elements by solving the following linear programming problem: where: x=l-many n×1 image vectors comprising said n where: m is the number of pixels in each image b, n is the total number of possible transverse locations in which a light-switchable element may localized and l is the number of planes of images.