Patent · US Expired

Telecentric zoom lens

US6243212A · kind A · utility

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17Claims
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Filing dateJul 30, 1999
Grant dateJun 5, 2001
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Expiry dateJul 30, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B13/22
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A telecentric zoom lens having telecentric forming aperture optically and preferably mechanically intermediate an objective lens and a zoom group. The aperture is fixed along an optical axis and selected to provide a constant speed on an image side of the lens system. The location of the aperture relative to the zoom group maintains telecentricity of the lens in object space.

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