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CA2366854A1
CA2366854A1 CA002366854A CA2366854A CA2366854A1 CA 2366854 A1 CA2366854 A1 CA 2366854A1 CA 002366854 A CA002366854 A CA 002366854A CA 2366854 A CA2366854 A CA 2366854A CA 2366854 A1 CA2366854 A1 CA 2366854A1
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Abstract

Stereoscopic device (100) including a lenticular lens layer (104) and light sensor array (102), the lenticular lens layer (104) includes a plurality of lenticular elements (130, 132, 134, 136 and 138), the sight sensor array (102) includes a plurality of light sensors (110-119), wherein selected ones of the light sensors (110-119) detect light at a predetermined range of wavelengths and wherein at least selected others of the light sensors (110-119) detect light at at least another predetermined range of wavelengths and wherein each of the lenticular elements (130, 132, 134, 136 and 138) is located in front of a selected group of the light sensors (110-119), thereby directing light from different directions to different light sensors within the selected group of the light sensors (110-119).

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1. Stereoscopic device comprising:
lenticular lens layer, including a plurality of lenticular elements;
and light sensor array, including a plurality of light sensors, wherein selected ones of said light sensors detect light at a predetermined range of wavelengths and wherein at least selected others of said light sensors detect light at at least another predetermined range of wavelengths, and wherein each said lenticular elements is located in front of a selected group of said light sensors, thereby directing light from different directions to different light sensors within said selected group of said light sensors.
2. Stereoscopic device comprising:
lenticular lens layer, including a plurality of lenticular elements;
and light sensor array, including a plurality of light sensors, said light sensors detecting light at a predetermined range of wavelengths, wherein each said lenticular elements is located in front of a selected group of said light sensors, thereby directing light from different directions to different light sensors within said selected group of said light sensors.
3. The stereoscopic device according to either of claims 1 and 2, wherein each said lenticular element includes light directing means which distinguish between at least two directions of light.
4. The stereoscopic device according to either of claims 1 and 2, wherein each said lenticular element includes light directing means, which distinguish between four directions of light.
5. The stereoscopic device according to either of claims 1 and 2, wherein each said lenticular element is shaped in a general semi-cylindrical shape.
6. The stereoscopic device according to either of claims 1 and 2, wherein each said lenticular element is shaped in a general semi-sphere shape.
7. The stereoscopic device according to either of claims 1 and 2, wherein each said selected group of said light sensors includes an even number of light sensors.
8. The stereoscopic device according to either of claims 1 and 2, further comprising a light illuminating unit.
9. The stereoscopic device according to claim 8, wherein said light illuminating unit surrounds said lenticular lens layer.
10. The stereoscopic device according to claim 8, wherein said light illuminating unit comprises:
a light source;
a light dispersing unit; and light guiding means connected between said light source and said light dispersing unit, thereby guiding light from said light source to said light dispersing unit.
11. The stereoscopic device according to claim 10, wherein said light dispersing unit surrounds said lenticular lens layer.
12. The stereoscopic device according to claim 8, wherein said light illuminating unit produces light in a predetermined range of wavelengths.
13. The stereoscopic device according to claim 8, wherein said light illuminating unit produces at least two alternating beams of light, each said beams of light characterized as being in a different range of wavelengths.
14. The stereoscopic device according to either of claims 1 and 2, further comprising a controller connected to said array of light sensors, wherein said controller produces an image for each said different directions, by combining data received from said light sensors respective of each said different directions.
15. The stereoscopic device according to claim 13, further comprising a controller connected to said array of light sensors, wherein said controller produces an image for each combination of a selected one of said different directions and a selected one of said beams of light, by combining data received from said light sensors respective of each said different directions, with respect to the currently illuminating one of said beams of light.
16. The stereoscopic device according to either of claims 1 and 2, further comprising capture means, connected to said array of light sensors, for capturing data received from said light sensors.
17. The stereoscopic device according to claim 16, further comprising a storage unit for storing said captured data.
18. The stereoscopic device according to claim 14, further comprising a stereoscopic display unit, connected to said controller, for producing said image.
19. The stereoscopic device according to claim 14, wherein said image is stereoscopic.
20. The stereoscopic device according to claim 14, wherein said image is partially stereoscopic.
21. The stereoscopic device according to claim 15, further comprising a stereoscopic display unit, connected to said controller, for producing said image.
22. The stereoscopic device according to claim 15, wherein said image is stereoscopic.
23. The stereoscopic device according to claim 15, wherein said image is partially stereoscopic.
24. The stereoscopic device according to either of claims 1 and 2, wherein each said predetermined ranges of wavelengths is selected from the list consisting of:
substantially visible red color light;
substantially visible green color light;
substantially visible blue color light;
substantially visible cyan color light;

substantially visible yellow color light;
substantially visible magenta color light;
substantially infra-red light;
substantially ultra-violet light; and Visible light.
25. The stereoscopic device according to claim 13, wherein each said predetermined ranges of wavelengths is selected from the list consisting of:
substantially visible red color light;
substantially visible green color light;
substantially visible blue color light;
substantially visible cyan color light;
substantially visible yellow color light;
substantially visible magenta color light;
substantially infra-red light;
substantially ultra-violet light; and Visible light.
26. The stereoscopic device according to claim 1, wherein said light sensor array is a color red-green-blue (RGB) sensor array.
27. The stereoscopic device according to claim 1, wherein said light sensor array is a color cyan-yellow-magenta-green (CYMG) sensor array.
28. Method for detecting a stereoscopic image comprising the steps of:
splitting light which arrives from different directions, using a lenticular lens layer, thereby producing at least two images, which are intertwined in a master image; and detecting said master image.
29. The Method according to claim 28, further comprising the step of reconstructing each said images from said master image.
30. The Method according to claim 29, further comprising the step of displaying said images using a stereoscopic display device.
31. The Method according to claim 30, further comprising the step of simultaneously displaying said images on a stereoscopic display device.
32. The Method according to claim 28, further comprising the steps of sequentially illuminating a detected area with alternating beams of light, of different ranges of wavelength; and associating said master image in time, with the currently illuminating ranges of wavelength.
33. The Method according to claim 29, wherein said step of reconstructing comprises the steps of:
determining a range of wavelengths for each pixel within each said image; and determining an intensity level for each pixel within each said image.
34. The Method according to claim 33, wherein said step of reconstructing further comprises the steps of:
selecting one of said pixels, associated with a predetermined range of wavelengths;
determining the pixels associated with another range of wavelengths, in the vicinity of said selected pixel;

calculating an approximated level of said other range of wavelengths at the location of the selected pixel; and repeating from said step of selecting.
35. Endoscope comprising:
lenticular lens layer, including a plurality of lenticular elements;
and light sensor array, including a plurality of light sensors, wherein selected ones of said light sensors detect light at a predetermined range of wavelengths and wherein at lest selected others of said light sensors detect light at at least another predetermined range of wavelengths, and wherein each said lenticular elements is located in front of a selected group of said light sensors, thereby directing light from different directions to different light sensors within said selected group of said light sensors.
36. Endoscope comprising:
lenticular lens layer, including a plurality of lenticular elements;
and light sensor array, including a plurality of light sensors, said light sensors detecting light at a predetermined range of wavelengths, wherein each said lenticular elements is located in front of a selected group of said light sensors, thereby directing light from different directions to different light sensors within said selected group of said light sensors.
37. The endoscope according to either of claims 35 and 36, wherein each said lenticular element includes light directing means, which distinguish between at least two directions of light.
38. The endoscope according to either of claims 35 and 36, wherein each said lenticular element includes light directing means, which distinguish between four directions of light.
39. The endoscope according to either of claims 35 and 36, wherein each said lenticular element is shaped in a general semi-cylindrical shape.
40. The endoscope according to either of claims 35 and 36, wherein each said lenticular element is shaped in a general semi-sphere shape.
41. The endoscope according to either of claims 35 and 36, wherein each said selected group of said light sensors includes an even number of light sensors.
42. The endoscope according to either of claims 35 and 36, further comprising a light illuminating unit.
43. The endoscope according to claim 42, wherein said light illuminating unit surrounds said lenticular lens layer.
44. The endoscope according to claim 42, wherein said light illuminating unit comprises:

a light source;
a light dispersing unit; and light guiding means connected between said light source and said light dispersing unit, thereby guiding light from said light source to said light dispersing unit.
45. The endoscope according to claim 44, wherein said light dispersing unit surrounds said lenticular lens layer.
46. The endoscope according to claim 42, wherein said light illuminating unit produces light in a predetermined range of wavelengths.
47. The endoscope according to claim 42, wherein said light illuminating unit produces at least two alternating beams of light, each said beams of light characterized as being in a different range of wavelengths.
48. The endoscope according to either of claims 35 and 36, further comprising a controller connected to said array of light sensors, wherein said controller produces an image for each said different directions, by combining data received from said light sensors respective of each said different directions.
49. The endoscope according to claim 47, further comprising a controller connected to said array of light sensors, wherein said controller produces an image for each combination of a selected one of said different directions and a selected one of said beams of light, by combining data received from said light sensors respective of each said different directions, with respect to the currently illuminating one of said beams of light.
50. The endoscope according to either of claims 35 and 36, further comprising capture means, connected to said array of light sensors, for capturing data received from said light sensors.
51. The endoscope according to claim 50, further comprising a storage unit for storing said captured data.
52. The endoscope according to claim 48, further comprising a stereoscopic display unit, connected to said controller, for producing said image.
53. The endoscope according to claim 48, wherein said image is stereoscopic.
54. The endoscope according to claim 48, wherein said image is partially stereoscopic.
55. The endoscope according to claim 49, further comprising a stereoscopic display unit, connected to said controller, for producing said image.
56. The endoscope according to claim 49, wherein said image is stereoscopic.
57. The endoscope according to claim 49, wherein said image is partially stereoscopic.
58. The endoscope according to either of claims 35 and 36, wherein each said predetermined ranges of wavelengths is selected from the list consisting of:

substantially visible red color light;
substantially visible green color light;
substantially visible blue color light;
substantially visible cyan color light;
substantially visible yellow color light;
substantially visible magenta color light;
substantially infra-red light;
substantially ultra-violet light; and Visible light.
59. The endoscope according to claim 47, wherein each said predetermined ranges of wavelengths is selected from the list consisting of:
substantially visible red color light;
substantially visible green color light;
substantially visible blue color light;
substantially visible cyan color light;
substantially visible yellow color light;
substantially visible magenta color light;
substantially infra-red light;
substantially ultra-violet light; and Visible light.
60. The endoscope according to claim 35, wherein said light sensor array is a color red-green-blue (RGB) sensor array.
61. The endoscope according to claim 35, wherein said light sensor array is a color cyan-yellow-magenta-green (CYMG) sensor array.
62. Stereoscopic device according to any of claims 1-27 substantially as described herein above.
63. Stereoscopic device according to any of claims 1-27 substantially as illustrated in any of the drawings.
64. A method according to any of the claims 28-34 substantially as described herein above.
65. A method according to any of the claims 28-34 substantially as illustrated in any of the drawings.
66. Endoscope according to any of the claims 35-61 substantially as described hereinabove.
67. Endoscope according to any of the claims 35-61 substantially as illustrated in any of the drawings.
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