Global Patent Index - EP 0642676 A1

EP 0642676 A1 19950315 - SCANNING OBJECT LENS.

Title (en)

SCANNING OBJECT LENS.

Title (de)

ABTASTOBJEKTIV.

Title (fr)

OBJECTIF DE BALAYAGE.

Publication

EP 0642676 A1 19950315 (DE)

Application

EP 92922848 A 19921103

Priority

  • DE 4217298 A 19920525
  • EP 9202521 W 19921103

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO9324854A1] Scanning object lenses for the line or pointwise three-dimensional scanning of surfaces of objects are required to have a high resolution together with high examination rates. In order to be able to display the largest possible number of image points with high resolution, the scanning object lens must have a correspondingly high numeric aperture with, at the same time, a large image field. To this end it consists of three groups of lenses (1; 2; 3). The first and second groups (1; 2) provide both a reduction in the scanning angle and an increase in the pupil. The entrance pupil (61) is imaged in the entrance pupil (63) of the third group of lenses (3), which has a high numeric aperture of, for example, 0.6. In addition, the real intermediate image (5) is imaged into infinity by the second group of lenses (2) with positive refractive capacity and a greater focal distance (f) than the first group (1). A working distance of, for instance, 5 mm can be attained with a beam diameter (D) at the inlet of the scanning object lens of 7.5 mm, a scanning angle ( THETA ) of +/-16 DEG and a scanning distance of 3.5 mm.

IPC 1-7

G02B 21/00; G02B 21/02; G02B 26/10; G02B 27/00

IPC 8 full level

G01N 21/88 (2006.01); G01N 21/956 (2006.01); G02B 13/00 (2006.01); G02B 21/00 (2006.01); G02B 26/10 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP KR US)

G02B 21/0024 (2013.01 - EP KR US); G02B 21/0072 (2013.01 - EP US); G02B 21/02 (2013.01 - KR)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 9324854A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE FR GB IT NL

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 9324854 A1 19931209; EP 0642676 A1 19950315; JP H063587 A 19940114; JP H07117647 B2 19951218; KR 0177848 B1 19990515; KR 950701741 A 19950428; SG 44693 A1 19971219; US 5608564 A 19970304

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 9202521 W 19921103; EP 92922848 A 19921103; JP 24861992 A 19920824; KR 19940704248 A 19941125; SG 1996005690 A 19921103; US 34351394 A 19941123