Confocal ellipsoidal mirror system for wide field of view imaging
US6789908B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 7, 2003 |
| Grant date | Sep 14, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 30, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B17/0615
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An optical system having a pair of ellipsoidal shaped reflective surfaces or mirrors which receive light from an object and provide wide field view imaging for the object. The optical system directs the light onto a flat detector to a record a wide field of view image of the object on the flat detector.
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