Patent ID: 8486735

Claim:
A method of imaging a desired target using a miniaturized imaging device, comprising: providing a miniaturized imaging device comprising a lens system and an imaging array, wherein a distance from the distal end of the lens system to the imaging array is fixed; advancing the miniaturized imaging device near the desired target; determining a distance from the distal end of the lens system to the desired target; calculating a range of potential optimal wavelengths of light to image the target in focus based on the determined distance from the distal end of the lens system to the desired target, including a starting wavelength of light; propagating the starting wavelength of light onto the target; receiving the starting wavelength of light reflected off of the target; incrementally adjusting the starting wavelength of light through the range of potential optimal wavelengths of light and propagating each of the wavelengths of light within the range of potential optimal wavelengths of light onto the target at different times; and determining a wavelength of light for optimally imaging a target in focus.