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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2018
Applicant:
Nederlandse Organisatie Voor Toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek Tno, s-Gravenhage, NL;
Inventor:
Nicolaas Cornelis Johannes Van Der Valk, Zoetermeer, NL;
Assignee:
Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO, s-Gravenhage, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 9/02055 (2022.01); G02B 17/00 (2006.01); G02B 17/02 (2006.01); G02B 17/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 9/02063 (2013.01); G02B 17/002 (2013.01); G02B 17/023 (2013.01); G02B 17/06 (2013.01); G02B 17/0684 (2013.01);
Abstract
A focusing device comprises a base unit and a mirror unit which is translatable relative to the base unit parallel to an optical axis of the focusing device. The mirror unit is configured to receive incident light along the optical axis in a first direction and to reflect the incident light parallel with the optical axis in said first direction. The mirror unit comprises at least four mirrors, at least one of the mirrors being curved.