Patents by Inventor Timothé LAFOREST

Timothé LAFOREST 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: 11911107
    Abstract: A method for imaging a tissue of an eye, the method including the steps of providing oblique illumination to the eye by a plurality of light emitting areas of a light delivery device, the plurality of light emitting areas being independently controllable and arranged to direct light towards at least one of a retina and an iris of the eye, causing an output beam from light backscattered from the at least one of the retina and the iris by the oblique illumination, capturing the output beam with an imaging system to provide a sequence of images of a fundus of the eye, and retrieving a phase and absorption contrast image from the sequence of images of the fundus, wherein the sequence of images of the fundus of the step of capturing is obtained by sequentially turning on one or more of the plurality of light emitting areas at a time in the step of providing the oblique illumination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FÉDÉRALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL)
    Inventors: Timothé Laforest, Dino Carpentras, Christophe Moser, Mathieu Künzi, Francine Behar-Cohen
  • Publication number: 20230346215
    Abstract: The invention relates to oblique transscleral illumination of an eye fundus with at least one physical point light source around the eye allowing for dark field imaging combined with optical coherence tomography imaging
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Matthieu KÜNZI, Timothé LAFOREST, Christophe MOSER
  • Publication number: 20220404601
    Abstract: The present invention describes an imaging system that allows visualization of a wide range of samples both in terms of morphology and in terms of material (e.g. density distribution, varying chemical composition, or anything that induces a change of optical path). The application of this imaging system includes absorptive samples as well as nearly and fully transparent samples with respect to the wavelength of illumination. Two elements are key in this system: the use of a so-called lock-in camera, and the synchronization of the recording to a modulation of choice along the image forming apparatus. Such modulation can consist for example in modulation of the illumination, use of filters, tilt/rotation of the sample or of certain microscope components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Damien LOTERIE, Chiara BONATI, Timothé LAFOREST, Christophe MOSER
  • Publication number: 20220248952
    Abstract: An ophthalmic illumination and imaging system with transscleral/transpalpebral illumination of the eye fundus comprises a light-delivering device with a plurality of emitting areas; each of the emitting areas being configured to be independently controllable and directed towards the sclera of the intended eye to measure, providing transscleral oblique illumination of the eye fundus; an active eye aberration correcting system; and an imaging system configured to create multiple images of the eye fundus on multiple imaging sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Timothé LAFOREST, Christophe MOSER, Mathieu KUNZI
  • Publication number: 20220117485
    Abstract: A method for imaging a tissue of an eye, the method including the steps of providing oblique illumination to the eye by a plurality of light emitting areas of a light delivery device, the plurality of light emitting areas being independently controllable and arranged to direct light towards at least one of a retina and an iris of the eye, causing an output beam from light backscattered from the at least one of the retina and the iris by the oblique illumination, capturing the output beam with an imaging system to provide a sequence of images of a fundus of the eye, and retrieving a phase and absorption contrast image from the sequence of images of the fundus, wherein the sequence of images of the fundus of the step of capturing is obtained by sequentially turning on one or more of the plurality of light emitting areas at a time in the step of providing the oblique illumination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Timothé LAFOREST, Dino CARPENTRAS, Christophe MOSER, Mathieu KÜNZI, Francine BEHAR-COHEN
  • Patent number: 11179033
    Abstract: A method for imaging a tissue of an eye, the method including the steps of providing oblique illumination to the eye by a plurality of light emitting areas of a light delivery device, the plurality of light emitting areas being independently controllable and arranged to direct light towards at least one of a retina and an iris of the eye, causing an output beam from light backscattered from the at least one of the retina and the iris by the oblique illumination, capturing the output beam with an imaging system to provide a sequence of images of a fundus of the eye, and retrieving a phase and absorption contrast image from the sequence of images of the fundus, wherein the sequence of images of the fundus of the step of capturing is obtained by sequentially turning on one or more of the plurality of light emitting areas at a time in the step of providing the oblique illumination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL)
    Inventors: Timothé Laforest, Dino Carpentras, Christophe Moser, Mathieu Künzi, Francine Behar-Cohen
  • Publication number: 20190290124
    Abstract: A method for imaging a tissue of an eye, the method including the steps of providing oblique illumination to the eye by a plurality of light emitting areas of a light delivery device, the plurality of light emitting areas being independently controllable and arranged to direct light towards at least one of a retina and an iris of the eye, causing an output beam from light backscattered from the at least one of the retina and the iris by the oblique illumination, capturing the output beam with an imaging system to provide a sequence of images of a fundus of the eye, and retrieving a phase and absorption contrast image from the sequence of images of the fundus, wherein the sequence of images of the fundus of the step of capturing is obtained by sequentially turning on one or more of the plurality of light emitting areas at a time in the step of providing the oblique illumination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Timothé LAFOREST, Dino CARPENTRAS, Christophe MOSER, Mathieu KÜNZI, Francine BEHAR-COHEN
  • Patent number: 9958828
    Abstract: A system for acquiring images by means of heterodyne digital holography comprises an image sensor having at least one photodiode coupled to an oversampling analog-digital converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT À L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Timothé Laforest, Antoine Dupret, Arnaud Verdant
  • Patent number: 9875407
    Abstract: A system for acquiring a hyperspectral image, including: a grey level image sensor; and a diffuser and dispersive element placed on the optical path between the sensor and a scene, this element including an array of individually-controllable liquid crystal cells, where each cell can receive a control voltage selected from among a series of at least three different control voltages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT À{grave over ( )} L'ÉNERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ÉNERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Timothé LaForest, Antoine Dupret, William Guicquero, Arnaud Verdant
  • Publication number: 20160327904
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system (400) for acquiring images by means of heterodyne digital holography, comprising an image sensor (409) having at least one photodiode coupled to an oversampling analog-digital converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Timothé LAFOREST, Antoine DUPRET, Arnaud VERDANT
  • Publication number: 20150332081
    Abstract: A system for acquiring a hyperspectral image, including: a grey level image sensor; and a diffuser and dispersive element placed on the optical path between the sensor and a scene, this element including an array of individually-controllable liquid crystal cells, where each cell can receive a control voltage selected from among a series of at least three different control voltages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Timothé LAFOREST, Antoine DUPRET, William GUICQUERO, Arnaud VERDANT