# US 11,029,502 B2 · Optical imaging assembly and system with optical distortion correction

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- Number: US 11,029,502 B2
- Document ID: US11029502B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/717,499
- Filed: 2019-12-17
- Published: 2020-04-23
- Granted: 2021-06-08
- Earliest claimed: 2014-01-31
- Assignees: Baxter International Inc.; Baxter Healthcare S.A.
- Applicants: Baxter International Inc.; Baxter Healthcare SA
- Inventors: James F. Munro
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11029502B2

## CPC

- G02B 13/22: Telecentric objectives or lens systems
- G02B 13/08: Anamorphotic objectives
- G02B 13/18: with lenses having one or more non-spherical faces, e.g. for reducing geometrical aberration {(G02B13/002 takes precedence)}
- G02B 27/0025: {for optical correction, e.g. distorsion, aberration}
- G02B 3/06: with cylindrical or toric faces
- G02B 13/24: for reproducing or copying at short object distances
- G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS

## Abstract

An optical imaging assembly configured to obtain an image of an object. The assembly includes a light-transmissive sleeve arranged on an optical axis and configured to enclose the object. Four refractive elements are arranged in series on the optical axis and each have an input surface and an output surface. An aperture stop is disposed on the optical axis between the third and fourth refractive elements. The input surface of the third refractive element, the output surface of the third refractive element, the input surface of the fourth refractive element, the output surface of the fourth refractive element, of a combination of the foregoing have radial symmetry.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An optical imaging assembly configured to obtain an image of an object, comprising:
a light-transmissive sleeve arranged on an optical axis and configured to enclose the object;
four refractive elements arranged outside of the light-transmissive sleeve and in series on the optical axis and each having an input surface and an output surface; and
an aperture stop disposed on the optical axis, wherein the aperture stop is arranged between the third and fourth refractive elements; and,
wherein at least one of the input surface of the third refractive element, the output surface of the third refractive element, the input surface of the fourth refractive element, and the output surface of the fourth refractive element have radial symmetry.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The optical imaging assembly as set forth in claim 1 further comprising an image plane arrange on the optical axis, and wherein the fourth refractive element is arranged on the optical axis between the third refractive element and the image plane.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The optical imaging assembly as set forth in claim 2 wherein the fourth refractive element comprises two lens elements.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The optical imaging assembly as set forth in claim 1 wherein the at least one of the input surface of the third refractive element, the output surface of the third refractive element, the input surface of the fourth refractive element, and the output surface of the fourth refractive element having radial symmetry is a spherical surface.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The optical imaging assembly as set forth in claim 1 wherein the at least one of the input surface of the third refractive element, the output surface of the third refractive element, the input surface of the fourth refractive element, and the output surface of the fourth refractive element having radial symmetry is an aspherical surface.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The optical imaging assembly as set forth in claim 1 wherein both the input surface of the third refractive element and the output surface of the third refractive element have radial symmetry.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The optical imaging assembly as set forth in claim 1 wherein both the input surface of the fourth refractive element and the output surface of the fourth refractive element have radial symmetry.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The optical imaging assembly as set forth in claim 7 wherein both the input surface of the third refractive element and the output surface of the third refractive element have radial symmetry.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The optical imaging assembly as set forth in claim 8 wherein the radial symmetry is a spherical surface.

### Claim 10 (depends on 8)

The optical imaging assembly as set forth in claim 8 wherein the radial symmetry is an aspherical surface.