WO2010057336A1 - An auto focus intraoral camera with liquid lens - Google Patents
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- A61B1/00—Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g. endoscopes; Illuminating arrangements therefor
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- A61B1/00—Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g. endoscopes; Illuminating arrangements therefor
- A61B1/04—Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g. endoscopes; Illuminating arrangements therefor combined with photographic or television appliances
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- A61B1/00—Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g. endoscopes; Illuminating arrangements therefor
- A61B1/24—Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g. endoscopes; Illuminating arrangements therefor for the mouth, i.e. stomatoscopes, e.g. with tongue depressors; Instruments for opening or keeping open the mouth
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- G02B23/00—Telescopes, e.g. binoculars; Periscopes; Instruments for viewing the inside of hollow bodies; Viewfinders; Optical aiming or sighting devices
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- the invention relates generally to an intraoral imaging camera system. More specifically, the invention relates to a compact auto focus intraoral camera with liquid lens.
- intraoral camera comprises illumination module, lens module and electrical parts.
- Illumination module is used to provide enough light to illuminate the teeth.
- Polarized illumination can remove the specular reflection.
- halogen lamp and optical fiber are adopted to transfer the light.
- intraoral camera using white LED becomes more and more popular due to plurality advantages such as small size, long lifetime and high luminous flux.
- Intraoral camera should be capable of performing intraoral acquisition, arch acquisition, smile acquisition, and so on.
- the lens module of the camera must have a big DOF and wide FOV in a large range of working distance that is from lmm to infinity.
- the camera will be used in a large working distance range and must keep a big DOF. Then focus adjustment is necessary to guarantee the good image quality.
- An object of the present invention is to provide an auto focus intraoral camera.
- the auto focus intraoral camera includes an illumination module for providing illuminating light, an imager, and a lens system for collecting light reflected from an object and focusing the light onto the imager, wherein said lens system further comprises at least one liquid lens including a vessel filled with a first liquid, and a second liquid being in contact with said first liquid, the first and second liquids being immiscible, of different optical indexes, and of substantially same density; wherein the lens system further includes a driver integrated circuit applying variable voltage to control the focal length of said lens.
- the compact intra oral camera according to the present application provides a small size and simple structure with liquid lens for auto focus, which decreases the camera complexity and improve the performance.
- FIG. 1 shows the basic structure of liquid lens
- FIG. 2 shows the working principle of liquid lens
- FIG. 3 shows the basic system structure of intraoral camera with liquid lens
- FIG. 4 shows an example of intraoral camera with liquid lens according to FIG.3 ;
- FIG. 5 shows the design flowchart of the intraoral camera according to FIG.3.
- the liquid lens 100 generally includes two kinds of liquids of equal density, which are sandwiched between two transparent windows 107 in a conical vessel.
- one liquid is water 103, which is conductive, while the other, oil 101, acts as a lid, allowing the engineers to work with a fixed volume of water, and provides a measure of stability for the optical axis 105.
- Lens 100 further includes electrodes 109 and 113 insulated from oil 101 but in electrical contact with the water 103; and variable voltage can be selectively applied to the electrodes. Insulator 111 is deposited between electrodes 109 and 113 to separate them. The interface between oil 101 and water 103 will change its shape depending on the voltage applied across the conical structure.
- FIG.2 shows the working principle of the liquid lens 100 according to FIG.l.
- the liquid lens 100 works based on the electro-wetting phenomenon described below: a water drop 103 is deposited on a substrate made of metal, covered by a thin insulating layer. The voltage applied to the substrate generating an electrostatic pressure to force the liquid change its shape so as to modify the contact angle of the liquid drop.
- Two iso-density liquids are employed by the liquid lens: one is insulator 101 while the other is conductor 103.
- the variation of voltage leads to a change of curvature of the liquid-liquid interface, which in turn leads to a change of the focal length of the lens.
- FIG.3 is an exemplary auto focus intraoral camera comprising image processing LSI (Large Scale Integrated circuit) 301, driver IC (Integrated circuit) 303, liquid lens 100 and solid lens 305 as well as an imaging element 307.
- the driver IC 303 is used for providing variable voltage for the liquid lens 100
- the imaging element 307 is used for capturing the images
- the image processing LSI 301 is adopted for processing the images captured by the imaging element 305.
- the liquid lens 100 is used for auto focusing and the solid lens 305 here is main responsible for imaging. In other embodiments, the solid lens could also be replaced by a liquid lens.
- FIG. 4 illustrates an example of intraoral camera with liquid lens. As shown, lenses 100 and 304 are placed between the object 401 and the imaging element 307.
- the liquid lens 305 is placed between the imaging lens 100 and the imaging element 307.
- the sequence thereof is the object 401, the imaging lens 100, the liquid lens 305 and the imaging element 307.
- These parts are arranged in this way so that the liquid lens 305 could be adjusted for different working distances to help the imaging lens 100 form the images on the imaging element 307.
- solid lens is usually adopted as the imaging lens.
- FIG. 5 provides the flowchart of the optical design of intraoral camera. Firstly, the position of the liquid lens is determined in the intraoral camera; then the optical power of the liquid lens is calculated correspond with the different working distance of intraoral camera to determine whether the optical power is in the range of the liquid lens ability. If the optical power out of the range, then the position of the liquid lens should be relocated and then recalculate the optical power for the determination. If the optical power does succeed the range, which means the position is proper, then the present design goes to end.
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CN2008801320743A CN102264275A (zh) | 2008-11-21 | 2008-11-21 | 具有液体透镜的自动对焦口腔内窥镜 |
KR1020117011395A KR20110127635A (ko) | 2008-11-21 | 2008-11-21 | 액체 렌즈를 구비한 자동 초점 구강 카메라 |
PCT/CN2008/001900 WO2010057336A1 (en) | 2008-11-21 | 2008-11-21 | An auto focus intraoral camera with liquid lens |
JP2011536721A JP2012509117A (ja) | 2008-11-21 | 2008-11-21 | 液体レンズを備えるオートフォーカス口腔内カメラ |
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