Patent ID: 11892349
Assignee: WAVEFRONT RESEARCH INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. An imaging optical system, comprising:
at least one segmented light bending element;
said at least one segmented light bending element comprising a plurality of segments, each segment in said plurality of segments being configured to direct a portion of electromagnetic radiation emanating from an object plane in a plurality of portions along a direction in a plurality of directions; wherein each direction in said plurality of directions is substantially different from other directions in said plurality of directions;
an optical sub-system having at least one optical element, said optical sub-system being configured to substantially receive said plurality of portions of said electromagnetic radiation directed in said plurality of directions;
an image plane;
said optical sub-system being configured to substantially focus said plurality of portions of electromagnetic radiation directed in said plurality of directions onto said image plane; and
a plurality of detecting elements;
said plurality of detecting elements being substantially located proximate to said image plane; and
at least one detecting element in in said plurality of detecting elements being configured to substantially receive at least one portion of said plurality of portions of electromagnetic radiation directed in said plurality of directions.