Provided are an improved holographic reconstruction apparatus and method.

A holographic reconstruction method includes: obtaining an object hologram of a measurement target object; extracting reference light information from the obtained object hologram; calculating a wavenumber vector constant of the extracted reference light information, and generating digital reference light by calculating a compensation term of the reference light information by using the calculated wavenumber vector constant; extracting curvature aberration information from the object hologram, and then generating digital curvature in which a curvature aberration is compensated for; calculating a compensated object hologram by multiplying the compensation term of the reference light information by the obtained object hologram; extracting phase information of the compensated object hologram; and reconstructing 3-dimensional (3D) shape information and quantitative thickness information of the measurement target object by calculating the quantitative thickness information of the measurement target object by using the extracted phase information of the compensated object hologram.

A holographic head-up display device includes: a light source portion that emits coherent light; an optical modulation portion that modulates the coherent light; a relay optical system that focuses the modulated light; a filter mirror that includes a reflection area disposed at a focal position of the relay optical system and reflecting light incident through the relay optical system and an absorption area disposed at the periphery of the reflection area and absorbing light incident through the relay optical system; and a transflective mirror that partially transmits and partially reflects light reflected by the filter mirror.

A holographic head-up display device includes: a light source portion that emits coherent light; an optical modulation portion that modulates the coherent light; a relay optical system that focuses the modulated light; a filter mirror that includes a reflection area disposed at a focal position of the relay optical system and reflecting light incident through the relay optical system and an absorption area disposed at the periphery of the reflection area and absorbing light incident through the relay optical system; and a transflective mirror that partially transmits and partially reflects light reflected by the filter mirror.

A holographic head-up display device has a light source portion that emits coherent light; an optical modulation portion that modulates the coherent light; a relay optical system that focuses the modulated light; a filter minor that has a reflection area at a focal position of the relay optical system and reflecting light incident through the relay optical system and an absorption area at the periphery of the reflection area and absorbing light incident through the relay optical system; and a transflective mirror that partially transmits and partially reflects light reflected by the filter minor.

A holographic head-up display device has a light source portion that emits coherent light; an optical modulation portion that modulates the coherent light; a relay optical system that focuses the modulated light; a filter minor that has a reflection area at a focal position of the relay optical system and reflecting light incident through the relay optical system and an absorption area at the periphery of the reflection area and absorbing light incident through the relay optical system; and a transflective mirror that partially transmits and partially reflects light reflected by the filter minor.

Provided is a digital holographic imaging apparatus, comprising: an illumination portion (10) having an illumination light emission surface (32i) for emitting coherent light of a specific wavelength as illumination light toward an object (1) side relative to the illumination light emission surface (32i), and a reference light emission surface (32r) for emitting the coherent light, as reference light, in a direction opposite to the illumination light; and an image sensor (50) located on the reference light emission surface (32r) side of the illumination portion (10) and imaging an interference pattern between object light having been modulated by the object (1) and passed through the illumination portion (10) and the reference light of the illumination light, the image sensor (50) having a pixel array (51) comprising two-dimensionally aligned pixels.

Disclosed are optical interrogation apparatus that can produce lens-free images using an optoelectronic sensor array to generate a holographic image of sample objects, such as microorganisms in a sample. Also disclosed are methods of detecting and/or identifying microorganisms in a biological sample, such as microorganisms present in low levels. Also disclosed are methods of using systems to detect microorganisms in a biological sample, such as microorganisms present in low levels. In addition or as an alternative, the methods of using systems may identify microorganisms present in a sample and/or determine antimicrobial susceptibility of such microorganisms.

Disclosed are optical interrogation apparatus that can produce lens-free images using an optoelectronic sensor array to generate a holographic image of sample objects, such as microorganisms in a sample. Also disclosed are methods of detecting and/or identifying microorganisms in a biological sample, such as microorganisms present in low levels. Also disclosed are methods of using systems to detect microorganisms in a biological sample, such as microorganisms present in low levels. In addition or as an alternative, the methods of using systems may identify microorganisms present in a sample and/or determine antimicrobial susceptibility of such microorganisms.

A system for measuring a depth of a stereoscopic image includes a display device displaying a stereoscopic image at a predetermined depth of field; a holographic camera generating an interference pattern image by sensing a wavelength and a phase of light of the stereoscopic image; and a control unit calculating a plurality of modulated image data having image information of the stereoscopic image at each depth of the plurality of depths based on the wavelength and the phase of the light, calculating edges of a field in each of the plurality of modulated image data to obtain edge detection values, calculating a modulated signal by arranging the edge detection values according to a depth in the each of the plurality of modulated image data, calculating a first maximum value of the modulated signal, and calculating a first depth corresponding to the first maximum value as the depth of field.

A system for measuring a depth of a stereoscopic image includes a display device displaying a stereoscopic image at a predetermined depth of field; a holographic camera generating an interference pattern image by sensing a wavelength and a phase of light of the stereoscopic image; and a control unit calculating a plurality of modulated image data having image information of the stereoscopic image at each depth of the plurality of depths based on the wavelength and the phase of the light, calculating edges of a field in each of the plurality of modulated image data to obtain edge detection values, calculating a modulated signal by arranging the edge detection values according to a depth in the each of the plurality of modulated image data, calculating a first maximum value of the modulated signal, and calculating a first depth corresponding to the first maximum value as the depth of field.