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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2017
Applicant:
Sensors Unlimited, Inc., Princeton, NJ (US);
Inventor:
Thuc-Uyen Nguyen, Princeton, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Sensors Unlimited, Inc., Princeton, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/28 (2006.01); G02B 6/122 (2006.01); G02B 6/126 (2006.01); G02B 5/30 (2006.01); G02B 6/27 (2006.01); G01B 11/03 (2006.01); G01N 21/78 (2006.01); G01N 21/55 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/283 (2013.01); G01B 11/03 (2013.01); G01N 21/55 (2013.01); G01N 21/78 (2013.01); G02B 5/3058 (2013.01); G02B 6/122 (2013.01); G02B 6/126 (2013.01); G02B 6/2706 (2013.01);
Abstract
An optics arrangement includes a polarized beam splitter arranged along an collection axis, a first quarter waveplate arranged along the collection axis, and a second quarter waveplate. The second quarter waveplate is arranged along the collection axis and is optically coupled to the first quarter waveplate by the polarized beam splitter to limit return of polarized illumination originating in a scene being illuminated for retroreflector detection. Retroreflector detectors and methods of imaging a scene are also described.