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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 22, 1997
Masami Ito, Osaka, JP;
Kanji Nishii, Osaka, JP;
Tsuyoshi Nomura, Kyoto, JP;
Seiji Hamano, Osaka, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A light having a single wavelength which is emitted from a light emitting element comprising a light emitting diode, a semiconductor laser or the like is changed to a parallel light by a collimator lens. The parallel light emitted from the collimator lens which has been changed or is being changed to such a beam as to keep a small beam diameter for a long distance by a conical lens is irradiated on a surface of an object to be measured. The light diffused from the surface of the object to be measured is collected into a position detecting element by a condenser lens so that a distance on the surface of the object to be measured can be measured.