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

Claim 15:
16. 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;
at least one segmented light separating element;
said at least one segmented light separating element comprising a plurality of segments, each segment in said plurality of segments being configured to substantially receive at least one portion of said plurality of portions of electromagnetic radiation directed in said plurality of directions; and
at least one light shielding element;
said at least one light shielding element being configured to limit a field of view of said optical sub-system.