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Optical measuring device

US6970253B2 · kind B2 · utility

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8References

24Claims

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Michael Lindner · Leutenbach, DE
Vincent Thominet · Morges, FR

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 6, 2001
Grant date	Nov 29, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 17, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B13/06
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An optical measuring device includes a 3-D measuring set-up for measuring the shapes of test object surfaces in three dimensions, and projection optics including an objective optics, the test object being illuminated by a light source via an illuminating beam using an illuminating optics. A rapid, highly resolving measurement of surface shapes which are nearly radially symmetric is provided by configuring the objective optics as image-flattening optics for covering (measuring) and flattening a curved surface area or as panoramic optics for measuring a radially symmetric surface area that encircles 360°.

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