Automatic lens design using off-the-shelf components
US10012832B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 22, 2015 |
| Grant date | Jul 3, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 6, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B15/14
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A system that comprises a receiver port to receive lens system design specifications; and a processor to: select a lens system type that includes one or more preliminary lenses, the selecting based, at least in part, on the lens system design specifications; from a lens database, select one or more catalog lenses to add to or replace the one or more preliminary lenses of the lens system type to construct a lens system; vary distances between or among the one or more catalog lenses and/or the one or more preliminary lenses of the lens system; and as the distances vary, determine optical behavior of the lens system.
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