Patent ID: 8049868
Filing Date: 2011-11-01
Classification: G01B

Abstract:
1. A concave-convex surface inspection apparatus, comprising: a slit light source unit which emits a slit light to a concave-convex surface of an object to be inspected; an image-taking unit which takes an image of the concave-convex surface illuminated by the emitted slit light with an imaging optical axis intersecting with an optical axis of the slit light with a narrow-angle equal to or narrower than 30 degrees; and an evaluation section which obtains a three dimensional shape of the concave-convex surface based on the image taken by the image-taking unit and evaluating the obtained three dimensional shape, wherein the slit light source unit includes a slit light source and a cylindrical lens which converts the slit light projected by the slit light source into parallel light beams parallel to the optical axis of the projected slit light, the image-taking unit includes a telecentric lens unit and an image-taking section having an imaging surface tilted relative to the imaging optical axis at a tilt angle being defined in accordance with an intersection angle of the optical axis of the slit light and the imaging optical axis for increasing a focusing range of the concave-convex surface, the image-taking unit further includes a P polarizer positioned on the imaging optical axis for suppressing an incidence of an S polarized light to the imaging surface and a cover glass provided on the imaging surface of the image taking section, the slit light is converted into the parallel light beams by the cylindrical lens before illuminating the object to be inspected, and the tilt angle is approximately equal to an incident angle of the imaging optical axis, the tilt angle is measured between a plane of the imaging surface and an axis perpendicular to the imaging optical axis and the incident angle of the imaging optical axis is measured between the imaging optical axis and a normal of the imaging surface.