Patent Document ID: 20070280513
Application ID: 11587349
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method of generating an image of a deformation of a surface, comprising: applying light to said surface at a position to be examined for said deformation, said light having an angle of incidence with said surface in such a way that the specularly reflected component of the light from the light source by the surface or by the deformation will be captured by an observing camera; receiving light specularly and diffusely reflected by said surface and/or by a deformation on said surface in said observing camera after said light at said angle of incidence has interacted with said surface and said deformation; generating at least two images of said specularly and diffusely reflected light received by said camera from the surface and/or the deformation; processing said at least two images to extract polarization parameters including light intensity and/or light polarization; and displaying an image of said deformation, where the image pixel values comprise light intensity and/or light polarization of said reflected light from said surface at said position.