Optical: systems and elements – Deflection using a moving element – Using a periodically moving element
Patent
1995-05-03
1997-12-09
Phan, James
Optical: systems and elements
Deflection using a moving element
Using a periodically moving element
359204, 359200, 347134, 355233, 358474, 358487, G02B 2608
Patent
active
056966164
ABSTRACT:
A scanner has a light sensing unit, and a reflecting unit which reflects light to the sensing unit either directly or indirectly. The reflecting unit receives light from an object being scanned or from a light source. In the former case, the light is reflected to the sensing unit directly. In the latter case, the light is reflected to the sensing unit indirectly. Thus, the reflecting unit directs light to an object being scanned and the object transmits or reflects the light to the sensing unit. The reflecting unit is made up of a series of micromirrors, and each of the micromirrors corresponds to a respective point of the object being scanned. The micromirrors are independently movable between rest positions in which they reflect light away from the sensing unit and active positions in which they reflect light towards the sensing unit. The micromirrors are successively moved from the rest positions to the active positions and back to the rest positions so that only one micromirror at a time directs light to the sensing unit. In this manner, scanning is accomplished point-by-point. The scanner can be used in a photographic copier to measure the densities of film frames and thereby regulate the exposure times during copying.
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AGFA-Gevaert AG - Fototechnik
Phan James
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