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Multi-beam scanning system

US11762066B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 28, 2022
Grant dateSep 19, 2023
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Expiry dateSep 28, 2042

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B27/0966
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Optical apparatus includes a projector, which is configured to direct a pattern of one or more stripes, extending along a longitudinal dimension across a target. A receiver includes an array of optical sensors, and objective optics, which are configured to image the target onto the array, and which have a non-circular aperture, which is elongated in a direction dependent upon the longitudinal dimension of the stripes.

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