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Multichannel close-up imaging device

US12366739B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 27, 2023
Grant dateJul 22, 2025
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Expiry dateDec 27, 2043

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B17/0856
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A device for optically imaging at least a part of an object, the device having an optical axis and including a two-dimensional first array of first microlenses, having a first side intended to face the object, and a second side, opposite the first side, a two-dimensional second array of second microlenses, each first microlens being aligned with a second microlens on an axis parallel to the optical axis, wherein each first microlens comprises a first catoptric system, and preferably a first catadioptric system.

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