WO2004059267A1

WO2004059267A1 - Light-distribution imaging device and imaging method

Info

Publication number: WO2004059267A1
Application number: PCT/JP2003/000797
Authority: WO
Inventors: Makoto Sasaki
Original assignee: Japan As Represented By The President Of The University Of Tokyo
Priority date: 2002-12-25
Filing date: 2003-01-28
Publication date: 2004-07-15
Also published as: JP2004207980A; JP4284671B2

Abstract

An imaging device capable of imaging an event to be imaged surely with a high signal/noise ratio. An event to be imaged is converted into a fluorescent image which is then divided into two fluorescent images at a light-distributing section (2) and one fluorescent image is used to obtain the gate-on-signals of a shutter at an imaging section (4) for imaging the remaining fluorescent image and an electron multiplier for amplifying a fluorescent image being inputted to the imaging section, thus imaging an event to be imaged with a high S/N ratio.

Description

Light distribution type imaging device

Technical field

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an imaging apparatus that detects an event that occurs irregularly in nature at a high speed and records the event.

Events that occur irregularly in nature, such as the arrival and movement of weak magnetic waves or the generation and disappearance of light, are recognized in nanoseconds.

For example, a method using a recording device that operates by being provided with an event detection device and a trigger generated based on the detection result by the detection device has already been put into practical use. By operating an imaging device that can operate in about a second within the existence period of the detected event, a detection device (trigger) that can relatively easily capture an event to be shot on the RL sphere. The output unit) includes, for example, a high-speed detector that can recognize an event in a period of less than nanoseconds and a signal processing circuit.

The signal processing circuit includes an arbitrary logic circuit for specifying whether or not the event detected by the 1st-speed detector is an event to be imaged.

The imaging device is configured such that an event that should be imaged can be best imaged by using a specific result of the booklet output from the logic circuit as a trigger. That is, the special event that produced the particular logical result is selectively imaged.

In addition, restrictions caused by the size of the space or area where the event occurs, the size of the event itself, etc. Due to the size and arrangement restrictions of the device, the event detected by the detection device and the event captured by the imaging device are not necessarily the same.

Also, since the number of events to be imaged is very short (existing) time, the time required to operate the imaging device, that is, the time required for the detection device to recognize the event, is reduced. Is also important.

As described above, the event detected by the detection device and the event captured by the imaging device often differ.

For this reason, the event captured by the imaging device and the event detected by the detection clothing at the time (moment) when the moth is output do not always match, and the captured event is wasted. The problem is nothing but the failure to capture the event that should be captured.

1 开 J of the invention

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a maximum image device capable of reliably imaging a maximum image sharpness event with a high signal-to-noise ratio, and the present invention has been made based on the above-described problems. Image mechanism for capturing fluorescent images

A first image intensifier for converting an event to be imaged into a fluorescent image,

The fluorescent image output between the imaging mechanism and the first image intensifier and output from the first image intensifier,

A disc viewer that separates the first fluorescence image into a second fluorescence image and guides the second fluorescence image to the imaging mechanism; Item i5 Dist. V-view tie, a tie H fixing device for specifying an imaging timing for operating the imaging mechanism based on the fluorescence image power of 1 separated by the

A light distribution type imaging device characterized by having

The invention also provides

An input detection device that converts the input information into fluorescence distribution and amplifies it,

An image pickup mechanism for picking up a distribution from the fluorescence converted by the input detection device;

The RX between this imaging mechanism and the input detector detects the fluorescence and the distribution obtained by the input detector, which separates the fluorescence and its distribution into two fluorescences of a predetermined light intensity and their distribution. And the timing to operate the HU imaging mechanism from the light and distribution power different from the distribution of the fluorescent light that is separated by this separation apparatus and guided to the IU imaging mechanism. And a tie setting device.

The IJ input detection device converts the SB-magnetic wave, which is the input information, into light and light, converts the distribution of the output fluorescent light into light-to-electron, and widens the obtained electrons. Including a first image intensifier that converts and outputs the subsequent fluorescence and its distribution,

冃 The U-type imaging mechanism includes a proximity electron multiplier, and the operation timing of the proximity electron multiplier and the input gate can be BX-broadcasted by an external trigger. The image intensifier and the proximity

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T in accordance with the operation timing indicated by the pattern electron multiplication. And the force mechanism whose operation is controlled,

The IJ timing setting device is a multi-node format with a signal processing circuit that can specify the strength and / or the moving direction of the input information input to the U input detector. Including

Based on the strength and / or moving direction of the input information output from the above-mentioned manifold and the photomultiplier, or both, a trigger as an imaging timing is given to the above-mentioned imaging device. Is a light distribution type imaging device that can capture only arbitrary input information with the same fluorescence signal and a trigger signal obtained from its distribution.o

Further, the present invention

Illuminate any event that occurs,

The received fluorescent image is divided into a fluorescent image of w> 1 and a second fluorescent image, and based on the first fluorescent image, the intensity and / or the moving direction of the received fluorescent image is specified.

Based on the specified result, an image timing is generated as an image timing,

An imaging method characterized in that an amplification device is operated by the generated trigger to amplify the second fluorescence image, and the amplified fluorescence image is formed.

Brief description of drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating the configuration of a recording apparatus according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is an example of the recording apparatus shown in FIG. 1, in which an embodiment of the present invention is applied to a light distribution type imaging apparatus. Schematic showing examples ο FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of the ^one- distribution type imaging device.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a signal processing unit incorporated in the light distribution and imaging device described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3.

FIGS. 5A and 5B are schematic diagrams illustrating the principle that the signal-to-noise ratio, ie, S, is improved by the light distribution type imaging apparatus described with reference to FIGS.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 schematically shows the configuration of an imaging device to help understand the range of a BI search.

As shown in Fig. 1, a recording device, ie, a light distribution type high-speed imaging device (hereinafter referred to as an imaging device) is, for example, an event that appears (occurs) at random in the natural world. The event input unit 1 that converts the occurrence and disappearance or their movement, etc. into fluorescence or a fluorescence image that is an aggregate thereof, and the fluorescence image output converted into a fluorescence image by the event input unit 1 (hereinafter simply referred to as Distributor (light distributing unit) 2 that disperses the fluorescent image (to be referred to as a fluorescent image) to two fluorescent images (different in intensity), one of the fluorescent light distributed by the light distributing unit 2 It has a signal processing unit 3 for generating a predetermined signal based on the image and an imaging unit 4 for recording the other one of the divided fluorescent images.

The imaging unit 4 is arranged on the side where the high intensity (bright) fluorescent image is guided out of the two fluorescent images distributed by the light distribution unit 2. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram for explaining an example of a specific configuration of the imaging shown in FIG.

The event input unit 1 detects the arrival of a magnetic wave of a predetermined wavelength (incident electromagnetic wave to the input unit 1) and the movement (time displacement of the electromagnetic wave whose main component is defined in a different direction from the input unit 1). Includes an image intensifier 11 that can detect and output a fluorescence image corresponding to the intensity of the electromagnetic wave.

The light distribution unit 2 includes an optical member 21 that is given a predetermined ratio of 32 to the wavelength of the light of the fluorescent image output from the image intensifier 11.

The signal processing unit 3 receives one of the two fluorescent images distributed by the optical member 21 and outputs a signal of J ′ and 33% (%) based on the intensity of the fluorescent image. 3 1 and the photoelectric conversion unit 3 1 to extract the characteristics of the electrical signal output

It has a pain circuit section 32. The imaging unit 4 receives the other one of the two fluorescence images distributed by the optical member 21 and amplifies the intensity of the other one of the two fluorescence images. And an image pickup device 42 for picking up an output fluorescent image output from the image intensifier 41, ie, an aggregate of fluorescent light or fluorescent light constituting the aggregate, and a second image intensifier. The time when the fluorescent image o 3 is input to the ear 41 is determined by the predetermined time from the time when the beam split mirror 21 distributes the fluorescent image O 1 to the two fluorescent images. A period optimization mechanism (delay mechanism) 43 that can be set for the period (timing) is included. The delay mechanism 43 is located between the beam splitter 21 and the second imaging intensifier 41. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating the operation of the imaging device (recording device) described with reference to FIGS.

As shown in FIG. 3, the image intensifier 11 of the event input unit 1 is located on the input side, that is, the side on which an electromagnetic wave of a predetermined wavelength arrives, and receives the incident electromagnetic wave and performs photoelectric conversion. The conversion surface is located on the output side opposite to the input side.

And an output fluorescent screen 13 for converting the electromagnetic wave amplified by the image intensifier 11 into a fluorescent image, that is, a visible image and outputting the converted image. A high voltage of, for example, 20 kV is supplied between the photoelectron conversion surface 12 and the output fluorescent surface 13 by the power supply device 14.

More specifically, the event accepted by the input unit 1, that is, the generation or disappearance of the electromagnetic wave and light described above is converted into the electron E 1 by the photoelectric conversion surface 12.

The electron E 1 is accelerated by a high voltage of, for example, 20 kV applied to the acceleration electrode and the focusing electrode 15, is amplified at a preset amplification factor, and is applied to the phosphor screen 13. Focused. Therefore

On the output side of the fluorescent screen 13, a fluorescent image O 1 is output in which the electromagnetic wave input to the photoelectric conversion surface 12 is amplified at a predetermined amplification factor.

. In this embodiment, as the image intensifier 11, for example, the diameter of the photoelectric conversion surface 12 is 10 cm, and the diameter of the fluorescent surface 13 is 2.5 cm. . 25 image intensifier is used. In addition, by using an image intensifier with a larger diameter for the photoelectron conversion surface 12, the sensitivity for receiving the input electromagnetic wave can be increased. The fluorescent image O 1 output from the fluorescent screen 13 of the image intensifier 11 is provided with a predetermined intensity by the optical member (distributor) 21 of the light distribution unit 2. Are divided into two fluorescent images, that is, a first and a second fluorescent image O 2, 03. Note that the distributor 21 is a beam split mirror that reflects a part of the incident fluorescence image Ol and transmits the rest.

The beam split mirror 21 is a kind of half-mirror, and the intensity of the light passing through itself (the amount of light, hereinafter referred to as transmittance) and the intensity of the light reflected without being transmitted (the amount of light, The reflectivity is set to, for example, 30 (transmittance) vs. 70 (reflectance) without considering the decrease in transmittance due to its own absorption. In the example shown in FIG. 3, the transmittance (11 reflectance) is set so that a large amount of light (a fluorescent image) can be supplied to the imaging device side of the imaging unit 4 provided at the subsequent stage. The light intensity of 1 can be set to less than 12.2, and the ratio between the transmittance and the reflectance can be set to, for example, 45:55 or 35:65, or 25:75.

Also, here, an example in which the transmittance of the beam split mirror 21 is set so that a large amount of light can be supplied to the imaging unit 4 side has been described, but the fluorescence image supplied to the imaging unit 4 side has been described. Can be set arbitrarily. For example, when the light amount of the fluorescent image supplied to the imaging unit 4 is small (the light amount), it is sufficient to appropriately amplify the light amount before the imaging device.

The signal processing unit 3 receives a first fluorescent image O 2 distributed by a beam split mirror 21 and traveling along an optical path 23. The second fluorescent image O 3 that travels along the optical path 25 is incident on the imaging unit 4.

The signal processing unit 3 includes the photoelectric conversion unit 31, the ¾3 processing circuit unit 32, and the gate shutter control circuit 33, as described above.

For the photoelectric conversion unit 31, a two-dimensional position detector (for example, a multi-node photomultiplier) is used.

ア m (=

8) Row Xn (= 8) column = A (= 64) A mesh node divided into channels (channels), from which the fluorescence image O 2 is input. Only electrons E 2 obtained by photoelectrically converting the fluorescent image O 2 are output. The time required for the fluorescence image incident on each anode of the multi-node photomultiplier 31 to be photoelectrically converted and output as electrons E 2 is 10 to ⁹ seconds (1 Nanoseconds).

The electron E 2 output from any of the multi-node photomultipliers 31 will be described in detail below with reference to FIG. Discrimination circuit (for example, wave height discriminator) is detected by 3 2 1 and 3 2 2 so that the appearance time can be set. That is, the outputs of the discrimination circuits 3 2 1 and 3 2 2 correspond to the X-axis direction (m-line) and the Y-axis direction of the electrons E 2 output from the respective antennas of the multi-node photomultiplier 31. (

O Include location information for each

Therefore, for example, the discrimination circuits 3 2 1 and 3 2 2 have the position on the ground (m X n By associating ('calculating)) the time at which the individual electron E 2 was output with the target), one fluorescent image O 2 (electromagnetic wave incident on the image intensity filter 12) appears. It can be used to determine the position, direction of movement, etc. ο

The output of each of the discriminating circuits 32 1 and 32 2 is used for a predetermined logic judgment by a trigger generating circuit (for example, a P booklet judging circuit) 3 23 provided at the subsequent stage. That is, two discrimination circuits 3

2 1, 3 2 2 output ^ m The logic judgment circuit 3 2 3 is provided with a predetermined judgment, and a logic judgment is made based on a predetermined judgment logic. When a logical decision result is obtained

The booklet judging circuit 3 2 3 generates a trigger for operating the image pickup device of the image pickup section 4 o

As shown in FIG. 4, the specific bookkeeping judgment result of the ma judging circuit 32 3 (the V-gauge for the gate / shutter) is obtained by using the gate Z-shutter control circuit 33 as shown in FIG. The second imaging intensity of the imaging unit 4 and the imaging unit 4 are optimized.

Entered in 2.

Also, the gate Z shutter control circuit 33 is not used, and the shutter of the imaging device 42 is turned on in accordance with the time of occurrence of the event or by using the second shutter described later. The timing may be optimized by selecting the material and thickness of the phosphor screen 4 13 of the image intensifier.

However, if the difference between the processing time required for the logic decision circuit 3 2 3 and the occurrence time of the 事象 event is small (or

<A system that occurs frequently, that is, when there is no time for the event to appear and be ), The multi-node photomultiplier 31 A

The output may be directly input to the B-book reading circuit 3 2 3.

Beam Sp V ヽ

According to the V-axis 2 1,-the extension mechanism of the image section 4

The fluorescence image O 3 reflected toward 43 is transmitted through the beam splitter and the laser beam 21 by the extension mechanism 43, and the fluorescence image o 2 input to the signal processing unit 3 is determined logically. The circuit 3 23 is longer than the first period, which is the time from the determination of v S to the generation of a trigger, and is delayed by the second period and the second image intensifier 4 O entered in 1

More specifically, the delay mechanism 43 is a third image intensifier, and includes a beam splitter and a mirror 2 of the optical distributor 2.

Photo-electron conversion surface 431, which receives the second fluorescent image O3 distributed in 1 and converts it into electrons E3, and electron E3 output from the light-electron conversion surface 431 Includes phosphor screen 4 32 that converts to O 4. The fluorescent screen 432 has a fluorescent image due to its material and thickness characteristics.

The time required for inputting O 4 to the second image intensifier 41 at the subsequent stage, that is, the delay time can be SX Mi to a predetermined length. Type image intensifier, including well-known electronic borrowing benefits (MCP = microchannel plate) 4 12 o

The fluorescent image O 4 output from the phosphor screen 4 32 of the third image intensifier 43 and input to the proximity image intensifier 41 is a light-to-electron conversion surface. MCP 4 1 2 is converted into a thunderbolt E 4 by 4 1 1

E 5 is output and converted to a fluorescent image o 5 by the fluorescent screen 4 13. The voltage at the site is applied by the power supply 4 14 between the M c 光 4 1 2 and the photoelectric conversion surface 4 1 1, and the power supply 4

A gate is attached to 14 .In the gate, a specific logic determination result was obtained as a result of the pro logic determination in the bookbinding determination circuit 3 23 of the signal processing unit 3. Only when the gain signal is input ο

That is, the proximity (second) image enhancement

The fluorescence image o 4 input to 41 is sequentially converted into electrons Ε 4 by the photon-to-electron conversion surface 411, and the electrons E 4 are converted to ヽ Μ C P

Since the signal is amplified by the MC 2 4 12 only while the get-on signal is input to the source 4 14 between the 4 1 2 and the photoelectric conversion surface 4 1 1 1, the signal to noise ratio is increased. That is, S / Ν is changed ο

The power supply between ヽ Μ C Ρ 4 1 2 and the photo-electron conversion surface 4 1 1

The timing at which the get-on signal is input to 4 14 is obtained by the get-shutter control circuit 33 of the signal processing unit 3, and is described later with reference to FIGS. 5A and 5B. In connection with the timing at which the shutter of the device 42 is operated, the optimal timing is obtained.

P set

Output phosphor screen 4 1 of second image intensifier 4 1

The fluorescence image O 5 output to the image 3 is not displayed until the shutter 4 2 1-1 is opened by the shutter control circuit 33. )

The imaging device 42 includes, for example, a solid-state imaging device 421, which is formed by a CCD sensor C-type S-type image sensor or the like. The shutter-equipped imaging device 42 can release the shutter 4 2 1-1 only for a period of time when the shutter 4 2 1-1 is instructed to be released. For example, Fig. 5 A

5 B, as explained below, with less <

The shutter 4 2 1-1 is opened only from the time just before the electron E 5 amplified by the operation of 2 is output to the phosphor screen 4 13 until the existence time of the electron E 4 elapses. This can suppress the noise component from being imaged. Thus, the signal-to-noise ratio, that is, the fluorescence signal o5 captured by the image capturing device 42 is

S / N is revised

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of the signal processing unit 3. The output output from an arbitrary row of the manifold and the multiplier 31 is thresholded by the discrimination circuit 3 21 1, 、, 1 1 1 口口 1 1 1 ゝ 1

The output from the arbitrary column of 1 is thresholded by the discriminator 3 2 2

Input to the bookkeeping judgment circuit 3 2 3

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From the logic judgment circuit 3 2 3, as described in the item U with m 3, a predetermined judgment is performed based on a predetermined judgment PFT9 logic as described in the item U.

Identify the theorem m

Only when the logical judgment result is obtained, the trigger is output to the gate / shutter control circuit 33, which means that a second trigger is output as shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B. Μ CP 4 1 2 of image intensifier 4 1 and photo-electron conversion surface

Source 4 Ί is input to the source 4 1 4 between 4 1 1 Immediately before, at a predetermined timing from the gate / shutter control circuit 33, the shutter 4 211 is released from the gate / shutter control circuit 33 so that the shutter 4 211 of the imaging device 42 is released. The shutter release signal is output. Therefore, the shutter 421-1 is opened for a predetermined opening time, and the imaging device ia42 can capture the fluorescent image 5.

Also, as shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B, after a predetermined time elapses after the shutter release signal is supplied from the gate shutter control circuit 33 to the shutters 4 2 1 1 1 1, the light is transmitted. -The electron E 4 converted by the electron conversion surface 4 1 1 can enter the MCP 4 1 2

When the gate-on signal is supplied to the power supply 4 14 between the P 4 1 2 and the photoelectric conversion surface 4 1 1, the MCP 4 1 2 is turned on for a predetermined time.o Therefore, at least the imaging device 4

While the shutter 4 2 1-1 of 2 is open, only the electron E 5 amplified by the MCP 4 12 is captured while the fluorescent image O 5 converted by the output fluorescent screen 4 13 is captured. It is guided to place 4 2 -3.

In detail, as shown in FIG. 5A, the power supply 414 between the MCP 412 and the photoelectric conversion surface 411 is connected to the gate Z shutter control circuit 3 of the signal processing section 3. When the gate-on signal is supplied from 3, as shown in FIG. 5B, the gate-on signal is supplied to the power supply 414 between the MCP 412 and the photoelectric conversion surface 411. Prior to this, the shutter control signal is supplied to the shutter 4 4 1-1 of the imaging device 4 0

More specifically, the non-operating state of MCP 412 before the gate-on signal is applied to source 414 of MCP 412 corresponds to the voltage in FIG. 5A. A2 and if * the shutter control signal is not supplied to the shutter 4 2 1 1 of the elephant 4 2

State? This is the voltage B 2 in FIG. 5B.

When a gate-on signal is input to the power supply 4 14 of the MCP, the sm-pressure A 2 in FIG. 5A is changed to the mi-pressure A 1 to be in the gate-on state. The electron E 4 converted in 4 1 1 is

The time τ 1 T 2 shown in FIG. 5A, which is not accelerated toward the MCP 412, is supplied from the gate / shutter control circuit 33 of the signal processing unit 3 to the power supply 414 of the MCP. When the gain signal is supplied, the signal can be amplified within a certain period of time.In other words, the maximum amplification is performed only while the イ CP 4 1 2 of the proximity image intensifier 41 is operating.

Fluorescent image O 5, which is the object to be imaged, is captured by the solid-state coupling element 4 21 of the imaging device 42.

As can be seen from FIG. 5B, a shutter signal 42 1-1 of the imaging device 42 is supplied with a get-on signal to the MCP 4 12 of the proximity type imager 41. Period T 1 T

Since the shutter control signal is supplied for a period slightly longer than the period T3 and the period T3 and T4, the power supply 414 between the MCP 412 and the photoelectric conversion surface 411 is turned on. While the solid-state image sensor 4 2

The shutter of 1 4 2 1-1 is not closed.

+ + Amplified by MC Ρ 4 1 2

The image object, that is, the fluorescent image O 5 is reliably captured by the solid-state image element 4 21.

The time during which the shutter 4 2 1-1 of the solid-state image sensor 4 2 1 is opened Τ 3 Τ 4 is the time when the solid-state image sensor 4 2 1

O5) is set to a shorter time than the maximum operation time (1 frame) required to image the MCP, so the MCP described in IJ 4 1 2 is operated along with T1 to T2

(Fluorescence image Ο 5) only for a short time while the fluorescence image o

5 can be imaged, which results in a signal-to-noise ratio or

S Ν improved o

The get / shutter control circuit 33 controls the timing for fully opening the shutter of the imaging section 4 and is provided with a gate / shutter control circuit. Instead of using 33, the timing may be controlled by selecting the material of the phosphor screen 4 13 of the second image intensifier.

As described above, in the recording apparatus of the present invention, an image, that is, an electromagnetic wave or a fluorescent image generated based on the generation and extinction of light is captured by a distribut viewer. A shutter control signal for opening the shutter of the imaging device and a gate-on signal for controlling the amplification by the CP are obtained from the same fluorescent image obtained by the distribution. The fluorescent image picked up by the image pickup device is an image to be picked up by the signal processing unit.

Becomes one with the image (event) determined to be elephant) 0

Further, in the imaging device of the present invention, only while the shutter of the imaging device is open, a fluorescence image in which electrons amplified by the proximity electron multiplier are converted on the output phosphor screen is displayed. You will be guided to the device. Therefore, except for a short time before and after the fluorescence image is captured by the imaging device, disturbances, that is, noise, are prevented from being input to the imaging device with unwanted information. . As a result, the fluorescence image captured by the imaging device is prevented from being buried in noise, and imaging with a high S / N ratio can be performed.o Industrial applicability

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to obtain an imaging device capable of reliably imaging an event to be imaged with a high signal-to-noise ratio.

Claims

M of request

1. An imaging mechanism for capturing a fluorescent image,

An image intensifier that converts the event to be imaged into a fluorescent image,

The fluorescent image output between the imaging mechanism and the first image intensifier and output from the first image intensifier is divided into a first fluorescent image and a first fluorescent image. In addition to being separated into the second fluorescent image and the second fluorescent image, the second fluorescent image is separated by the test V-viewer which guides the second fluorescent image to the imaging mechanism and the distribu- And a timing setting device for specifying an imaging timing for operating the imaging mechanism from the first fluorescence image.

Light distribution type imaging device characterized by having:

2. The imaging mechanism is separated by the eye monitor by supplying an imaging timing signal specified by the eye timing setting device. Amplify the fluorescent image of

A second image intensifier, and a third image intensifier for optimizing the timing at which the 刖 S image timing signal is supplied to the second image intensifier. 2. The light distribution type according to claim 1, further comprising: a tube; and an imaging device that captures a fluorescent image output from the image intensifier tube of H 2.

Imaging device

3. The second image intensifier is characterized in that it includes an electron multiplier which is operated in synchronization with an imaging timing signal from the target time setting device force. Claim 2 states that

I:

4. The light distribution-type imaging device according to claim 2, wherein the second image intensifier includes a phosphor having a predetermined i-to-light conversion characteristic.

5. The light distribution type imaging apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the third image intensifier includes a phosphor having a predetermined electron-light conversion characteristic.

6. The light source according to S-Target 1, wherein the timing setting device includes a multi-node photomultiplier.

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Distributed imaging device.

7. The light distribution type imaging device according to claim 1, wherein the imaging device includes a solid-state imaging device.

8. The optical device according to claim 7, wherein the solid-state imaging device includes a CCD camera whose shutter is operated by a timing signal from the timing HX constant device. Distribution type imaging device.

9. The light distribution type according to item 7, wherein the solid-state imaging device includes a CMOS imaging device that is operated only while a timing signal is supplied from the timing loss determining device. Imaging device.

10. An input detector that converts and amplifies input information into fluorescence and its distribution,

An image pickup mechanism for picking up an image from the fluorescence converted by the input detection device;

A separation device that is lost between the imaging mechanism and the input detection device and separates the fluorescence and its distribution obtained by the input detection device into two fluorescences each having a predetermined light intensity and its distribution. When, The timing for setting the timing for operating the S self-measurement mechanism from the fluorescent light that is separated by this separating device and that is different from the fluorescent light in the eye U gd imager is distributed. What

And a BX setting device.

The BU input detection device converts the electromagnetic wave, which is input information, into fluorescent light and its distribution, converts the output fluorescent light into a light-to-electron conversion, and amplifies the obtained electrons. Includes a 1-intensity-intensifier that converts the data into its distribution and outputs it.

The imaging mechanism includes the proximity electron multiplier 1η ”¾F ¾r, and the operation timing of the proximity electron multiplier /

The input gate can be arbitrarily S-triggered by an external trigger, and the input timing and the operation timing that are not affected by the proximity electron multiplication. And a force camera for controlling the imaging operation, and

The tie and hanger setting device is a multi-anode photomultiplier with a signal processing circuit capable of specifying the intensity and / or the moving direction of the input information input to the U-input detection device. Including pliers,

If the intensity or the moving direction of the input information output from the above-mentioned man-or-renode or multi-touch multi-browser is <<, then the imaging device sends the image to the imaging device based on the result of specifying both. A light distribution type imaging device that can capture only arbitrary input information based on the same fluorescence and its distribution power, and the obtained trigger signal. 1 1 • Receives the light generated in g,

The received fluorescent image is divided into a first fluorescent image and a second fluorescent image, and the intensity and / or the moving direction of the received fluorescent image are specified based on the first fluorescent image.

Based on the identified results,

, Generate a trigger as a ring,

The amplification device is operated by the generated gas to amplify the second fluorescent image, thereby forming a widened fluorescent image.

An imaging method characterized by this.