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US 7,068,379 B2Granted
Compact optical contour digitizer
AssigneeAmfit, Inc.
InventorsArjen Sundman, Jeff Davis
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Abstract
An optical contour digitizer including a radiation source for emitting radiation therefrom, a first mirror for folding the radiation emitted from the radiation source towards an object being measured, a second mirror for folding a reflection of the radiation from the object being measured and a sensor for sensing the reflected radiation folded by the second mirror, and a method of using the same.
Claims27
An optical contour digitizer comprising:
- a radiation source for emitting radiation therefrom;
- a first mirror for folding said radiation emitted from said radiation source towards an object being measured;
- a second mirror for folding a reflection of a said radiation from said object being measured;
- a sensor for sensing said reflected radiation folded by said second mirror;
- a transparent surface located above said radiation source and said sensor;
- and
- a transverse column spacer disposed on or above said transparent surface, wherein said transverse column spacer allows at least a portion of said reflected radiation to pass therethrough.
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An method of capturing contour data using an optical contour digitizer comprising:
- locating a transparent surface above a radiation source and a sensor of said optical contour digitizer;
- disposing a transverse column spacer disposed on or above said transparent surface, wherein said transverse column spacer allows at least a portion of radiation to pass therethrough;
- emitting said radiation from said radiation source;
- folding radiation emitted from said radiation source towards an object to be measured with a first mirror;
- folding radiation reflected from said objected to be measured by second mirror;
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- sensing said reflected radiation folded by said second mirror by a sensor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.