Patent ID: 11892652
Assignee: nan
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A lens configured to transform an impinging laser beam into a laser sheet, the lens comprising:
an exterior surface defined by at least one curve rotated along a path about a centroid of the lens; and
at least one section having an outer perimeter defined by the at least one curve, and a cavity defined by an inner surface of the lens, wherein:
the lens is configured to transform the laser beam into a 2D laser sheet or a 3D laser sheet based on a relative incident angle of the laser beam on the lens,
the lens is a prism, ring, disc, plate, shell, or solid volumes, and
the laser sheet has a fan angle up to and including 360 degrees based on an incident location of the laser beam on the lens, a distance between a source of the laser beam and the centroid of the lens, and a distance between the centroid of the lens a projection surface of the laser sheet.