Apparatus and methods for focusing and collimating telescopes
US7277223B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 27, 2006 |
| Grant date | Oct 2, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 27, 2026 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B23/16
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A telescope capable of motorized focus and/or collimation. The telescope includes control electronics capable of correcting the focus and/or collimation based on identified information, such as, for example, information about optical or other elements of the telescope, information about a user or imaging device, or the like. In various embodiments, such identified information is acquired through radio frequency identification (RFID) technologies. In other embodiments, an automated system controls the actuators based at least in part upon identification information, such as through user or device recognition.
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