Apparatus and method for determining a double image angle and/or a viewing angle

US11668659B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ISRA SURFACE VISION GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Rolf Kubiak · Dortmund, DE
• Christian Ripperda · Cologne, DE
• Paul Weigt · Bochum, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 25, 2017
• Grant date: Jun 6, 2023
• Expiry date: Sep 26, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B2027/011
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The invention concerns an apparatus for determining a secondary image angle (20) of a light source (11) on a transparent object (14). To achieve the objective of building a simple apparatus and to determine the secondary image angle (20) with higher measuring point densities even on transparent objects (14) with large surfaces in a quick, reliable manner with few movements, the apparatus includes an illuminating device (10), which has multiple, simultaneously illuminating, punctiform light sources (11), a two-dimensional target (16a) with at least one camera (16), whereby at least one camera (16) is set up to capture the positions of a primary image (21a) and a secondary image (21b) of multiple simultaneously illuminating light sources (11) at the same time, whereby the primary image (21) and the secondary image (21b) of one light source (11) are generated on the target by one of the volume elements (14a) of the transparent object illuminated by the light source (11), and an evaluation device (18) is set up to determine the secondary image angle (20) of the respective volume element (14a) of the transparent object (14) based on the positions of the primary image (21a) and the secon…