Image sensor, attitude detector, contact probe, and multi-sensing probe
US9062958B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 3, 2013 |
| Grant date | Jun 23, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 9, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01B11/272
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A line image sensor including a light receiving plane on which two or more straight rows of pixels are disposed, the straight rows of pixels capturing images of regular fringes generated from light reflected from an irradiated body in accordance with the amount of light received by each pixel; at least two rows of pixels acquiring images of linear fringes crossing at right angles in two directions among the fringe projected onto the light receiving plane.
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