Patents by Inventor Shengli Fan

Shengli Fan 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).

  • Patent number: 11221205
    Abstract: A non-destructive iterative interferometric tomographic technique for imaging and reconstruction of phase objects as well as objects with complex permittivity and, particularly, to iterative optical diffraction tomographic (iODT) imaging and reconstruction of phase objects with high refractive index (RI) contrast, complex structures, and/or large optical path differences (OPDs) against the background, which cause multiple scattering, and applications thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: Guifang Li, Shengli Fan, Seth Smith-Dryden, Bahaa Saleh
  • Publication number: 20200378745
    Abstract: A non-destructive iterative interferometric tomographic technique for imaging and reconstruction of phase objects as well as objects with complex permittivity and, particularly, to iterative optical diffraction tomographic (iODT) imaging and reconstruction of phase objects with high refractive index (RI) contrast, complex structures, and/or large optical path differences (OPDs) against the background, which cause multiple scattering, and applications thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Guifang Li, Shengli Fan, Seth Smith-Dryden, Bahaa Saleh
  • Patent number: 10362215
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a microscopic three-dimensional measurement system and method based on a moving diaphragm. The present invention adds the diaphragm into the existing optical microscopic imaging system to limit light irradiation angle during imaging for reducing the diameter of blur circle, which extends the depth of field and the depth measurement range, so as to achieve the three-dimensional measurement of large-size objects to be measured. Through changing the position of the added diaphragm, two images with different light incident directions are obtained, which is similar to binocular stereo vision, and then the disparity map is used to predict the depth, so as to carry out the 3D scene reconstruction. Since the depth of field of the imaging system is enlarged and the imaging model has certain non-linear characteristics, the present invention uses quadratic function to express the non-linearity, which reduces the measurement error.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Ningbo University
    Inventors: Gangyi Jiang, Mei Yu, Shengli Fan, Yigang Wang
  • Publication number: 20180198972
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a microscopic three-dimensional measurement system and method based on a moving diaphragm. The present invention adds the diaphragm into the existing optical microscopic imaging system to limit light irradiation angle during imaging for reducing the diameter of blur circle, which extends the depth of field and the depth measurement range, so as to achieve the three-dimensional measurement of large-size objects to be measured. Through changing the position of the added diaphragm, two images with different light incident directions are obtained, which is similar to binocular stereo vision, and then the disparity map is used to predict the depth, so as to carry out the 3D scene reconstruction. Since the depth of field of the imaging system is enlarged and the imaging model has certain non-linear characteristics, the present invention uses quadratic function to express the non-linearity, which reduces the measurement error.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: Gangyi Jiang, Mei Yu, Shengli Fan, Yigang Wang
  • Patent number: 9851549
    Abstract: A rapid autofocus method for a stereo microscope includes steps of: calculating a disparity of each of stereo microscopic images in a stereo microscopic calibration image sequence; extracting a clear stereo microscopic image sequence from the stereo microscopic calibration image sequence; then, finding out a largest disparity and a smallest disparity among the disparities of all the stereo microscopic images in the clear stereo microscopic image sequence; at a chosen magnification, arbitrarily acquiring a stereo microscopic image; finally, determining a disparity range according to the disparity of the acquired stereo microscopic image, the largest disparity and the smallest disparity, and realizing an autofocus of a target object in the acquired stereo microscopic images. The disparity range is obtained via once off-line calibration at the same magnification, and applicable to the autofocus at an arbitrary timing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Ningbo University
    Inventors: Mei Yu, Yi Liu, Li Cui, Shengli Fan, Yigang Wang
  • Publication number: 20160299329
    Abstract: A rapid autofocus method for a stereo microscope includes steps of: calculating a disparity of each of stereo microscopic images in a stereo microscopic calibration image sequence; extracting a clear stereo microscopic image sequence from the stereo microscopic calibration image sequence; then, finding out a largest disparity and a smallest disparity among the disparities of all the stereo microscopic images in the clear stereo microscopic image sequence; at a chosen magnification, arbitrarily acquiring a stereo microscopic image; finally, determining a disparity range according to the disparity of the acquired stereo microscopic image, the largest disparity and the smallest disparity, and realizing an autofocus of a target object in the acquired stereo microscopic images. The disparity range is obtained via once off-line calibration at the same magnification, and applicable to the autofocus at an arbitrary timing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Mei Yu, Yi Liu, Li Cui, Shengli Fan, Yigang Wang