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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2007
Applicant:
Alexander Knüttel, Birkenau, DE;
Inventor:
Alexander Knüttel, Birkenau, DE;
Assignee:
ISIS Sentronics GmbH, Mannheim, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to a position detection system for the contactless interferometric detection of the location of a target object. A target object unit comprises a reference light transmitter, which is configured such that it transmits a reference light beam having curved light wave fronts. The target object unit comprises at least one detector array having a plurality of detector pixels, which is fixed to the target object unit such that the reference light beam of the reference light transmitter impinges on the same.