Patent ID: 7586086

Claim:
An imaging device comprising: means for illuminating at least one illumination point on an observed zone of an observed plane by means of an illumination light beam, means for selecting, in the light coming from the observed plane, the light coming from said illumination point, means for selecting, in the light coming from the observed plane, the light coming from a band surrounding said illumination point, means for forming an image of said illumination point from the selected light coming from said illumination point and forming an image of said band from the selected light coming from said band, a scanning system arranged so as to simultaneously displace said illumination point on the observed zone and the image of said illumination point, in order to scan an observed zone and to form a first image of the observed zone, the scanning system is further arranged so as to simultaneously displace said illumination point and the image of said band, in order to form a second image of the observed zone from the selected light coming from said band, sensor system operatively configured to detect the first image and the second image, and means for combining the first and second images of the observed zone to form a third image of the observed zone.