Optical: systems and elements – Lens – With field curvature shaping
Patent
1997-05-29
1999-11-23
Epps, Georgia
Optical: systems and elements
Lens
With field curvature shaping
359650, 359651, 359683, 355 53, 353 38, 362268, G02B 300, G02B 1514, G03B 2742, G03B 2114
Patent
active
059910887
ABSTRACT:
An illumination system includes a light source and an optical system for projecting light from the light source to a surface to be illuminated, wherein the optical system includes an optical element having a paraxial power of substantially zero and having an aspherical surface, and the optical element is movable along an optical axis when an illuminance distribution on the surface to be illuminated is to be changed.
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Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Epps Georgia
Lester Evelyn A.
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