Patent ID: 7633616
Filing Date: 2009-12-15
Classification: G01J,G01N

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for photo-electric measurement comprising: a) a single or a plurality of photo-electric conversion devices, including array sensor(s); b) an optical system comprising modules which are arranged and expandable in one axis or a plurality of axes in order to acquire electromagnetic radiation from a correspondingly modularly increasing length of a line or area on an object, with any desired resolution, wherein the said optical system spatially separates the said electromagnetic radiation modularly into a plurality of smaller segments, and projects electromagnetic radiation corresponding to the said smaller segments onto said single or a plurality of individual photo-electric conversion devices, wherein said smaller segments of electromagnetic radiation originate from adjacent regions of the line or area on the object, said adjacent regions partially overlapping such that contiguity is achieved; and c) sensor electronics related to said photo-electric conversion device(s) which enable the operating mode and functionality of said photo-electric conversion device(s) to be defined and changed in real-time, whereby functions are fully programmable, and said photo-electric conversion devices operate and/or are controlled independently and/or simultaneously.