Optical system

• US 20030030923A1
• Filed: 11/13/2001
• Published: 02/13/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 08/10/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Transpacific Systems LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Transpacific Systems LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Huang, Chih-Wen, Hsu, Chuan-Yu
• Application Number:
  US09/990,993
• Publication Number:
  US 20030030923A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 359/857
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 26/126 including curved mirrors

Abstract

An optical system device with a concave mirror, applicable for a scanner, comprising at least a curved reflection mirror and an image sensor. The curved reflection mirror is used for reflecting an image from an object to the image sensor. The curved reflection mirror can comprise a concave surface or a convex surface or both. At least a planar reflection mirror is located between the object and the curved reflection mirror, and is used to adjust a reflection angle and a reflection position of the image.

Claims

1. An optical system device with a concave mirror, applicable for a scanner, comprising:

a curved reflection mirror; and

an image sensor, wherein an image is reflected by the curved reflection mirror to reach the image sensor.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the curved reflection mirror has a concave surface.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the curved reflection mirror has a convex surface

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the image sensor is a charge couple device (CCD).

5. The device of claim 1, wherein the image sensor is a contact image sensor (CIS).

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the optical system device further comprises a planar reflection mirror, and the image is reflected by the planar reflection mirror to the curved reflection mirror.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein the curved reflection mirror has a fixed radius of curvature.

8. The device of claim 1, wherein the curved reflection mirror has a changeable radius of curvature.

9. The device of claim 1, wherein the curved reflection mirror has fixed radii of curvature.

10. The device of claim 1, wherein the curved reflection mirror comprises three sets of sides, wherein:

a first set having two long sides;

a second set having two short sides; and

a third set having two bottom sides, wherein one of these sets of the curved reflection mirror is bent to form a desired shape of a curved reflection mirror.

11. The device of claim 1, wherein the curved reflection mirror comprising three sets of sides, wherein:

a first set having two long sides;

a second set having two short sides; and

a third set having two bottom sides, wherein two of these sets of the curved reflection mirror are bent to form a desired shape of a curved reflection mirror.

12. The device of claim 1, wherein the curved reflection mirror comprising:

two long sides;

two short sides; and

two bottom sides, wherein all sides of the curved reflection mirror are bent to form a desired shape of a curved reflection mirror.

13. The device of claim 1, wherein the curved reflection mirror comprises:

at least a transparent layer; and

a reflection mirror.

14. The device of claim 1, wherein the curvy reflection mirror comprising:

a plurality of transparent layers, each of the plurality of transparent layers having different index of refraction from others; and

a reflection mirror.

15. An optical system device with a concave mirror, applicable for a scanner, comprising:

a curved reflection mirror;

a plurality of planar reflection mirrors, locating at both sides of a surface of an optical axis of the curved reflection mirror in such a way that a space is formed close to the surface of the optical axis; and

an image sensor, located on the surface of the optical axis of the curved reflection mirror, wherein an image is reflected by the planar mirrors to the curved reflection mirror, the image is then reflected by the curved reflection mirror passing through the space to reach the image sensor.

16. An optical system device with a concave mirror, applicable for a scanner, comprising:

a curved reflection mirror; and

an image sensor, located on a surface of an optical axis of the curved reflection mirror, wherein an image is reflected by the curved reflection mirror to reach the image sensor.

17. An optical system device with a concave mirror, applicable for a scanner, wherein the device is used to receive an image from an object that has a desired surface, the device comprising:

a planar reflection mirror, reflecting the image;

a curved reflection mirror, wherein a surface of an optical axis of the curved reflection mirror is at an angle to the desired surface of the object; and

an image sensor, wherein the image of the object is reflected by the planar mirror to the curved reflection mirror, the image is then reflected by the curved reflection mirror to the image sensor.

18. The device of claim 17, wherein the image optical system device is moved along a direction which is parallel to the desired surface of the object.