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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2009
Tatsuya Nagahama, Kawasaki, JP;
Kenji Okabe, Kawasaki, JP;
Sadayuki Matsumiya, Kawasaki, JP;
Mitutoyo Corporation, Kawasaki-shi, JP;
Abstract
An autofocus device includes an objective lens, an observation optical system, a driving mechanism that displaces the objective lens in an optical axis direction thereof, an illumination-optical-system optical path used to illuminate a measurement surface of a measurement object through the objective lens with light, and a pattern-projection-optical-system optical path. An electronic control shutter, a pattern projection plate having a predetermined pattern formed thereon, and a projection lens are provided in the pattern-projection-optical-system optical path.
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