Optical scanner
First Claim
1. A raster scanning system for providing a video type image including parallel linear scan image elements, the improvement including:
- a rotating scanning disc including a circular array of concave reflectors on a plane surface thereof;
an imaging means configured to coincide with the scanning sweep of the concave reflectors and separated from said concave reflectors by a distance equal to the focal length of said concave reflectors; and
radiation emitting means positioned to emit radiation at a controlled intensity toward said array of concave reflectors to form a linear scanning image redirected from said imaging means.
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Abstract
An optical scanner for orthogonal scanning in read and/or write modes has a framing mirror (20) for linear vertical scanning and a rotating disc (30) with a circular array of concave reflectors (32) for horizontal scanning. Primary imagers (24, 164) focus the linear vertical scan onto a strip mirror (26) which reflects the scanned pixels to the concave reflectors. Preferably, the concave reflectors reflect the pixel image in a collimated beam which is focused by a collection optic (38, 200) onto radiation detector (40). Image rotator (221), collection aperture defining device (270, 272), aperture shading device (290), and a device for suppressing spurious radiation are also provided.
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Citations
60 Claims
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1. A raster scanning system for providing a video type image including parallel linear scan image elements, the improvement including:
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a rotating scanning disc including a circular array of concave reflectors on a plane surface thereof; an imaging means configured to coincide with the scanning sweep of the concave reflectors and separated from said concave reflectors by a distance equal to the focal length of said concave reflectors; and radiation emitting means positioned to emit radiation at a controlled intensity toward said array of concave reflectors to form a linear scanning image redirected from said imaging means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A scanning system for scanning a scene in an orthogonal pattern comprising:
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a framing mirror to provide linear traces of a scan of the scene in one direction; means for forming an image of said linear trace at a locus of foci lying upon a spherical image surface; a rotating scanning disc having a circular array of concave reflectors on a plane surface thereof; a convex strip mirror configured as a section of a cone taken normal to the cone axis to coincide with said locus of foci and to redirect said trace to said concave reflectors, said strip mirror being disposed at a distance from said concave reflectors by a distance equal to the focal length of said concave reflectors; and detection means for detecting the intensity of radiation reflected from said strip mirror by said concave reflectors. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. In a scanning system wherein a scene is scanned in an orthogonal pattern including linear scanning traces in one of the orthogonal directions focused at a locus of foci, the improvement comprising:
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a rotating scanning disc including a circular array of concave reflectors on a plane surface thereof; an image means configured and dimensioned to coincide with the locus of foci and on which the linear scanning trace appears such that said image means redirects the focused radiation of the scanning trace to the concave reflectors; and radiation detecting means positioned to detect the intensity of radiation reflected from said image means by said concave reflectors. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A scanning system for providing an orthogonal scan of a scene including:
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a framing mirror for providing a low speed vertical scan of the scene; means for forming an image of said vertical scan at a locus of foci; a rotating scanning disc including a circular array of concave reflectors on a planar surface thereof; a strip mirror configured and dimensioned to coincide with the locus of foci and separated from said concave reflectors by a distance equal to the focal length of said concave reflectors for reflecting radiation from said locus of foci toward said circular array of concave reflectors; and radiation detection means positioned to detect the intensity of radiation reflected by said strip mirror and at least one of said concave reflectors. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60)
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