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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2002
Filed:
May. 11, 1999
Michael A. Marcus, Honeoye Falls, NY (US);
Donald R. Lowry, Palmyra, NY (US);
Timothy M. Trembley, Albion, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
An optical probe apparatus for determining a position of an image sensor in a digital camera relative to a reference surface on the digital camera. The optical probe assembly includes a probe mounting surface adapted to be removably mountable to the digital camera and lockable in a predetermined orientation relative to the reference surface of the digital camera; an angle cleaved optical fiber emitting a beam of light; a lens disposed in the path of the beam of light and directing the beam of light along an axis normal to a plane of the lens toward the object; and a mounting member supporting the optical fiber such that the beam of light is directed along an axis normal to the plane of the lens and directed to the center of the lens. An optically transparent material (such as a pellicle or glass plate) is disposed intermediate the probe mounting surface and image sensor.