Telecentric optical apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10520710-B2
Application number	US-201615139543-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 27, 2016
Priority date	May 28, 2015
Publication date	Dec 31, 2019
Grant date	Dec 31, 2019

Abstract

A telecentric optical apparatus that is capable of suppressing an increase in the number of components as well as achieving high precision optical axis alignment, is provided. The telecentric optical apparatus of the present invention is characterized in that it is provided with: a first telecentric lens surface that is provided on an object side; a second telecentric lens surface that is provided on an image side and that shares a focus position with the first telecentric lens surface; and an optical path trimming part that is provided, between the first telecentric lens surface and the second telecentric lens surface, in an outside region, which is located on a side further out than a light passing region having a center thereof located at the focus position, and that changes an optical path such that a light beam incident on the outside region is prevented from contributing to image formation.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A telecentric optical apparatus comprising:
a front-stage lens comprising a first surface on an object side and a second surface on an image side, the first surface being a first telecentric lens surface; and
a rear-stage lens comprising a first surface on the object side and a second surface on the image side, the second surface being a second telecentric lens surface that shares a focus position with the first telecentric lens surface,
wherein at least one of the second surface of the front-stage lens and the first surface of the rear-stage lens is an optical path trimming part that is provided, between the first telecentric lens surface and the second telecentric lens surface, in an outside region, which is located on a side further out than a light passing region having a center thereof located at the focus position, and that changes an optical path such that a light beam incident on the outside region is prevented from contributing to image formation,
the front-stage lens is in direct contact with at least a portion of the rear-stage lens at the light passing region,
at least either one of the second surface of the front-stage lens or the first surface of the rear-stage lens comprises a concave part, at least another one of the second surface of the front-stage lens or the first surface of the rear-stage lens comprises a convex part, and
the telecentric optical apparatus further comprises a fitting part where the concave part and the convex part are fitted into each other, the fitting part connecting the front-stage lens and the rear-stage lens together by way of fitting.

2. The telecentric optical apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the optical path trimming part includes a refractive surface that refracts the optical path to the outside.

3. The telecentric optical apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the refractive surface includes a lens curved surface.

4. The telecentric optical apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the optical path trimming part includes a roughened surface that diffuses a light beam incident on the outside region.

5. The telecentric optical apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the fitting part includes a planar surface that is provided in the light passing region and that is orthogonal to an optical axis of the front-stage lens and the rear-stage lens.

6. The telecentric optical apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
an intermediate region is provided between the front-stage lens and the rear stage lens, and
the optical path trimming part refracts the optical path depending on a difference between a refractive index of a region that configures the front-stage lens or the rear-stage lens and a refractive index of the intermediate region.

7. The telecentric optical apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein a light transmissibility of the intermediate region is lower than a light transmissibility of the region that configures the front-stage lens or the rear-stage lens.

8. The telecentric optical apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein no aperture stop is provided between the front-stage lens and the rear-stage lens.

9. The telecentric optical apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein both of the second surface of the front-stage lens and the first surface of the rear-stage lens comprise the concave part and the convex part.

10. The telecentric optical apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the front-stage lens and the rear-stage lens have a same shape.

11. A telecentric optical apparatus comprising:
a front-stage lens comprising a first surface on an object side and a second surface on an image side, the first surface being a first telecentric lens surface;
a rear-stage lens comprising a first surface on the object side and a second surface on the image side, the second surface being a second telecentric lens surface that shares a focus position with the first telecentric lens surface; and
an optical path trimming part that is provided, between the first telecentric lens surface and the second telecentric lens surface, in an outside region, which is located on a side further out than a light passing region having a center thereof located at the focus position, and that changes an optical path by refracting or diffusing a light beam incident on the outside region such that the light beam is prevented from contributing to image formation,
wherein the optical path trimming part is formed by molding integrally with at least one of the first telecentric lens surface and the second telecentric lens surface,
the first telecentric lens surface has a first convex surface at least at the light passing region, the first convex surface protruding toward the object side,
the second telecentric lens surface has a second convex surface at least at the light passing region, the second convex surface protruding toward the image side,
at least either one of the second surface of the front-stage lens or the first surface of the rear-stage lens comprises a concave part, at least another one of the second surface of the front-stage lens or the first surface of the rear-stage lens comprises a convex part, and
the telecentric optical apparatus further comprises a fitting part where the concave part and the convex part are fitted into each other, the fitting part connecting the front-stage lens and the rear-stage lens together by way of fitting.

12. The telecentric optical apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the optical path trimming part includes a refractive surface that refracts the optical path to the outside.

13. The telecentric optical apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the refractive surface includes a lens curved surface.

14. The telecentric optical apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the optical path trimming part includes a roughened surface that diffuses a light beam incident on the outside region.

15. The telecentric optical apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the fitting part includes a planar surface that is provided in the light passing region and that is orthogonal to an optical axis of the front-stage lens and the rear stage lens.

16. The telecentric optical apparatus according to claim 11 ,
wherein the optical path trimming part is provided to at least either one of the front-stage lens or the rear-stage lens.

17. The telecentric optical apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein
an intermediate region is provided between the front-stage lens and the rear stage lens, and
the optical path trimming part refracts the optical path depending on a difference between a refractive index of a region that configures the front-stage lens or the rear-stage lens and a refractive index of the intermediate region.

18. The telecentric optical apparatus according to claim 17 , wherein a light transmissibility of the intermediate region is lower than a light transmissibility of the region that configures the front-stage lens or the rear-stage lens.

19. The telecentric optical apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the telecentric optical apparatus does not comprise an aperture stop.

20. The telecentric optical apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein both of the second surface of the front-stage lens and the first surface of the rear-stage lens comprise the concave part and the convex part.

21. The telecentric optical apparatus according to claim 20 , wherein the front-stage lens and the rear-stage lens have a same shape.

Assignees

• Mitutoyo Corp

Inventors

• Okabe Kenji
• Nagahama Tatsuya
• Yaku Toru
• Ono Kimitoshi

Classifications

• G02B5/005

  Diaphragms (for cameras G03B9/02) · CPC title

• G02B3/00

  Simple or compound lenses · CPC title

• G02B13/22 Primary

  Telecentric objectives or lens systems · CPC title

• G02B7/021

  for more than one lens · CPC title

• G02B7/003

  Alignment of optical elements (G02B7/001, G02B7/002 take precedence; for mirrors G02B7/1822) · CPC title