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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019

Filed:

Oct. 12, 2015
Applicant:

Optosys SA, Corminboeuf, CH;

Inventor:

Charles Rhême, Posieux, CH;

Assignee:

OPTOSYS SA, , CH;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/499 (2006.01); G02F 1/01 (2006.01); G01N 21/21 (2006.01); G01V 8/12 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G01S 17/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/0136 (2013.01); G01N 21/21 (2013.01); G01S 7/4812 (2013.01); G01S 7/4813 (2013.01); G01S 7/499 (2013.01); G01S 17/02 (2013.01); G01V 8/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

A device for emission of polarized light and its detection including a light emitter configured to generate an outgoing light beam directed along an optical emission axis, a light receiver configured to detect an incoming light beam directed along an optical detection axis, and a polarization unit positioned in the optical emission axis and optical detection axis and configured to polarize the outgoing light beam and the incoming light beam. To allow a compact assembly, the device, by reducing the number of its constituent parts and by providing a good detection reliability of the device, the optical emission axis and the optical detection axis are angled with respect to one another such that they include an intersection point and the polarization unit includes a polarizer configured to deflect light from at least one of the incoming light beam towards the optical detection axis and the outgoing light beam away from the optical emission axis, the deflected light being defined by a polarization state produced by the polarizer.


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