Rapid autofocus method for stereo microscope

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14880169

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A rapid autofocus method for a stereo microscope includes steps of: calculating a disparity of each of stereo microscopic images in a stereo microscopic calibration image sequence; extracting a clear stereo microscopic image sequence from the stereo microscopic calibration image sequence; then, finding out a largest disparity and a smallest disparity among the disparities of all the stereo microscopic images in the clear stereo microscopic image sequence; at a chosen magnification, arbitrarily acquiring a stereo microscopic image; finally, determining a disparity range according to the disparity of the acquired stereo microscopic image, the largest disparity and the smallest disparity, and realizing an autofocus of a target object in the acquired stereo microscopic images. The disparity range is obtained via once off-line calibration at the same magnification, and applicable to the autofocus at an arbitrary timing.

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NINGBO UNIVERSITY315211 NO 1211 WEST NING TOWN ZHEJIANG NINGBO NINGBO CITY ZHEJIANG PROVINCE 315211

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Cui, Li Zhejiang, CN 40 40
Fan, Shengli Zhejiang, CN 3 1
Liu, Yi Zhejiang, CN 838 10296
Wang, Yigang Zhejiang, CN 48 88
Yu, Mei Zhejiang, CN 36 184

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