Optical Pattern Generator Using a Single Rotating Component

• Main Authors: BROOME BARRY G, FRANGINEAS GEORGE, DEBENEDICTIS LEONARD C
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 09.06.2011
• Subjects: CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS; DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; IDENTIFICATION; LINING MACHINES; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS; OPTICS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; PRINTING; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS; STAMPS; SURGERY; TRANSPORTING; TYPEWRITERS

An optical pattern uses a single rotating component. The rotating component includes a number of deflection sectors. Each sector deflects an incident optical beam by a substantially constant angular amount although this amount may vary from one sector to the next. The rotating component may be combi...