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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2014
Applicant:
Mitutoyo Corporation, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Inventor:
Jamie Lyn Shaffer, Bothell, WA (US);
Assignee:
Mitutoyo Corporation, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/954 (2006.01); G01M 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/954 (2013.01); G01M 15/02 (2013.01); G01N 2021/9542 (2013.01);
Abstract
A bore imaging system comprises a photodetector configuration and a first bore surface imaging arrangement configured to transmit image light arising from a first image zone on a bore surface to the photodetector. The photodetector configuration comprises a first curved photodetector arrangement which is curved in a plane that is oriented transverse to an axial direction of the bore. The first curved photodetector arrangement comprises a first imaging array that receives image light along a direction transverse to the axial direction.