Method and system for automatic non-contact measurements of optical properties of optical objects
First Claim
1. A method for automatic non-contact measuring optical properties of an optical object by means of a system comprising a light source, a reference pattern, an imaging and detecting means, at least the reference pattern and the imaging and detecting means being disposed on an optical axis on the system, and an image processing means, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) disposing said optical object between said reference pattern and said imaging and detecting means coaxially therewith;
(b) directing to said pattern an illuminating light from said light source in such a manner as to produce a plurality of illuminating light beams outcoming from each point of the pattern at different angles;
(c) imaging said pattern through said optical object by means of imaging beams such that only one of said plurality of the illuminating beams has a conjugated imaging beam, and detecting the image, by said imaging and detecting means, and (d) processing said image by said image processing means and producing a measurement output.
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Abstract
Automatic non-contact measuring optical properties of an optical object is performed by a system comprising a light source, a reference pattern, and an imaging and detecting means and an image processing means for producing a measurement output. At least the reference pattern and the imaging and detecting means are disposed on an optical axis of the system. The system further comprises a support for the optical object located between the reference pattern and the imaging and detecting means for disposing thereon the optical object coaxially with the pattern and the imaging and detecting means. The light source is capable of directing to the pattern an illuminating light in such a manner as to produce a plurality of illuminating light beams outcoming from each point of the pattern at different angles. The imaging and detecting means is capable of obtaining an image of the pattern through the optical objects so that each imaging beam is conjugate with only one of the illuminating beams, and of recording the image for its processing by the image processing means.
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26 Claims
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1. A method for automatic non-contact measuring optical properties of an optical object by means of a system comprising a light source, a reference pattern, an imaging and detecting means, at least the reference pattern and the imaging and detecting means being disposed on an optical axis on the system, and an image processing means, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) disposing said optical object between said reference pattern and said imaging and detecting means coaxially therewith;
(b) directing to said pattern an illuminating light from said light source in such a manner as to produce a plurality of illuminating light beams outcoming from each point of the pattern at different angles;
(c) imaging said pattern through said optical object by means of imaging beams such that only one of said plurality of the illuminating beams has a conjugated imaging beam, and detecting the image, by said imaging and detecting means, and (d) processing said image by said image processing means and producing a measurement output. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17)
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- 12. A system for automatic non-contact measuring optical properties of an optical object, comprising a light source, a reference pattern, an imaging and detecting means, at least the reference pattern and the imaging and detecting means being disposed on an optical axis of the system, a support for the optical object located between said reference pattern and said imaging and detecting means for disposing thereon the optical object coaxially with said pattern and said imaging and detecting means, said light source being capable of directing to said pattern an illuminating light in such a manner as to produce a plurality of illuminating light beams outcoming from each point of the pattern at different angles, said imaging and detecting means being capable of obtaining an image of said pattern through said optical object so that only one of said plurality of the illuminating beam has a conjugated imaging beam, and of recording said image, and an image processing means for processing said image and producing a measurement output.
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