One dimensional scanning system
US4487473A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 31, 1981 |
| Grant date | Dec 11, 1984 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 31, 2001 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B26/108
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A scanning system comprising input optics including an afocal telescope, output optics including an imaging lens and a linear spaced array of detectors, a scanner including a hollow inwardly reflecting polygonal prism rotated about its longitudinal axis, which is subtantially parallel to the axis of the input optics, and two folding mirrors which are contained within the outline of the prism, and with respect to which the prism rotates.
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