| US 7,594,607 B2 | ||
| Optical imaging system | ||
| Vincent Thominet, Morges (Switzerland); and Ulrich Kallmann, Tuebingen (Germany) | ||
| Assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart (Germany) | ||
| Appl. No. 10/583,988 PCT Filed Dec. 22, 2004, PCT No. PCT/DE2004/002816 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Jun. 23, 2006, PCT Pub. No. WO2005/061989, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 07, 2005. |
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| Claims priority of application No. 103 61 569 (DE), filed on Dec. 23, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0145143 A1, Jun. 28, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G02B 5/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 235—462.32 [235/454; 235/462.01] | 20 Claims |
| 1. An optical imaging system arranged for generating an image of a region of a surface of a component, the region (a) being
radially symmetrical about an axis of the component and (b) emitting light, the surface being such that a surface normal of
the radially symmetrical region, at a measuring position is inclined at a maximum angle of 90° with respect to the component
axis, the imaging system comprising:
a mirror that, in a measuring mode captures a portion of a light beam emitted from the radially symmetrical region; and
at least one additional imaging component, wherein:
the mirror supplies the captured portion of the light beam to the at least one additional imaging component for processing
by the at least one additional imaging component of the captured portion of the light beam to produce the image; and
the imaging system is configured to measure the surface at the measuring position.
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