Patents by Inventor Francois Vuille

Francois Vuille has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Microscopy imaging apparatus and method for generating an image
    Patent number: 7385709
    Abstract: A method and a microscopy imaging apparatus for generating an optically sectioned image of a specimen are provided. The method comprises the steps of: illuminating the specimen with a modulating, spatially periodic illumination pattern; imaging said specimen on a conjugate image plane; acquiring a plurality of signals at respective positions on said image plane, each signal corresponding to the incident light intensity at that position and having an oscillatory component caused by the modulation of the illumination pattern; and measuring a characteristic of the oscillatory component of each of the signals, whereby the measured characteristics when combined in their relative positions generate an optically sectioned image of the specimen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
    Inventors: Karsten Plamann, Stéphane Bourquin, Mathieu Ducros, Jelena Mitic, Francois Vuille, Theo Lasser, Tiemo Anhut
  • Microscopy imaging apparatus and method for generating an image
    Publication number: 20050117172
    Abstract: A method and a microscopy imaging apparatus for generating an optically sectioned image of a specimen are provided. The method comprises the steps of: illuminating the specimen with a modulating, spatially periodic illumination pattern; imaging said specimen on a conjugate image plane; acquiring a plurality of signals at respective positions on said image plane, each signal corresponding to the incident light intensity at that position and having an oscillatory component caused by the modulation of the illumination pattern; and measuring a characteristic of the oscillatory component of each of the signals, whereby the measured characteristics when combined in their relative positions generate an optically sectioned image of the specimen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2003
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventors: Karsten Plamann, Stephane Bourquin, Mathieu Ducros, Jelena Mitic, Francois Vuille, Theo Lasser, Tiemo Anhut