Sequential wavefront sensor

Details Sequential wavefront sensor Sequential wavefront sensor

2006-01-20

2008-11-04

Mack, Ricky (Department: 2873)

Optics: eye examining, vision testing and correcting

Eye examining or testing instrument

Objective type

C351S200000, C351S211000, C250S201900, C356S121000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07445335

ABSTRACT:
A sequential wavefront sensor comprises a light beam scanning module, a sub-wavefront focusing lens, a detector with more than one photosensitive area and a processor for calculating the sequentially obtained centroids of a number focused light spots from the sub-wavefronts to determine the aberration of the input wavefront. A sequential wavefront sensing method comprises the steps of; sequentially projecting a number of sub-wavefronts onto a sub-wavefront focusing lens and a detector with more than one photosensitive areas, calculating the centroid of the focused light spot from each sub-wavefront, and processing the centroid information to determine the aberration of the wavefront. In particular, a method for auto-focusing and/or auto-astigmatism-correction comprises the steps of sequentially projecting a number of sub-wavefronts around an annular ring of a wavefront to a sub-wavefront focusing lens and a detector, calculating the centroid of focused light spot from each sub-wavefront to figure out the centroid trace and hence the defocus and/or astigmatism, adjusting the focus and/or astigmatism of the optical imaging system before the wavefront sensor so that the measured defocus and/or astigmatism is minimized.

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