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

Claim 3:
4. 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;
said at least one segmented light bending element being configured to direct a portion of said electromagnetic radiation into at least two portions;
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; and
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.