Patent ID: 8841603
Filing Date: 2014-09-23
Classification: G01B,G01N,G01Q,G02B,G07C

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for optical scanning, the apparatus comprising: an optical probe comprising an elongated cylinder of transparent material mounted upon an optical scanner body; one or more sources of scan illumination mounted in the probe distally from the scanner body and projecting scan illumination longitudinally through the probe toward the scanner body; a radially-reflecting optical element mounted in the probe between the sources of scan illumination and the scanner body, the radially-reflecting optical element comprising a conical mirror on a surface of the radially-reflecting optical element distal from the scanner body, the mirror oriented so as to project scan illumination radially away from a longitudinal axis of the probe with at least some of the scan illumination projected onto a scanned object; a lens mounted in the probe between the radially-reflecting optical element and the scanner body and disposed so as to conduct to an optical sensor scan illumination reflected from the scanned object; and the optical sensor mounted in the scanner body and disposed with respect to the lens so as to receive through the lens the scan illumination reflected from the scanned object.