Disclosure of Invention
In order to solve the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a method for alternately detecting parameters of an optical lens, which can prevent the optical lens from being assembled into a finished camera to detect the parameters, reduce the whole assembly process, and prevent the optical lens from being worn during assembly; when the optical lens is assembled to form the camera, parameters need to be adjusted and the optical lens is fixed, so that whether the parameters are influenced or not can be observed at any time, and the stability and the accuracy of the camera assembled by controlling and installing the optical lens are effectively improved.
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:
a detection method capable of alternately detecting parameters of an optical lens is characterized in that: the detection method comprises the following steps:
s1: assembling the adjusting seat stand, the detection part and the double-shaft adjusting assembly;
s2: and assembling a combination A or a combination B according to requirements on the double-shaft adjusting assembly in an interchangeable and alternate mode:
sliding the interchangeable and alternative combination A into a second double-line guide rail in the double-shaft adjusting assembly, then rotating the adjusting rotating wheel to drive the detecting part to slide, so that the end face of a detecting module of the detecting part is in contact with a sensor plate and then returns to zero, then adjusting to a required working distance, realizing fixation through a locking positioning block, and locking the working distance;
b, sliding the interchangeable and alternative combination B into a second double-line guide rail in the double-shaft adjusting assembly, then rotating the adjusting rotating wheel to drive the detecting part to slide, so that the end face of a detecting module of the detecting part is in contact with a sensor plate, namely, the detecting part returns to zero, then adjusting to a required working distance, fixing through a locking positioning block, and locking the working distance;
s3: a, mounting an optical lens to be detected on a 29sensor plate, then sliding to the position below a detection module of a detection part, and realizing limiting through a limiting block;
when the optical lens needs to be assembled into a camera, the camera component is placed on the detection platform, then slides to the lower part of the detection module of the detection component through the second double-line guide rail, and is limited through the limiting block;
s4: correspondingly fixing each detection module of the detection component on a detection middle sleeve according to detection parameters required by an optical lens/camera, and turning on a backlight plate to adjust light to do work before detection;
s5: through double-axis adjustment and backlight adjustment, the optical lens/camera is positioned at the optimal detection position, has the optimal illumination environment and starts to detect.
Preferably, in step S1, the adjusting seat, the detecting member and the biaxial adjusting assembly are assembled with each other as follows:
the double-shaft adjusting assembly is positioned on the adjusting seat stand and is suitable for driving the interchangeable alternate use combination A or the interchangeable alternate use combination B to move back and forth/left and right on the same horizontal plane relative to the detection part along the direction vertical to the detection direction;
the adjusting seat stand is suitable for fixing the detection part and can drive the detection part to move along the detection direction relative to the double-shaft adjusting assembly so as to accurately adjust the working distance required by parameter detection;
and the detection part comprises a fixing component connected with the adjusting seat stand and a plurality of detection modules which can be respectively and independently positioned on the fixing component.
Preferably, the adjusting seat stand comprises a seat stand upper cover plate, a seat stand lower cover plate and a seat stand supporting plate fixedly arranged between the seat stand upper cover plate and the seat stand lower cover plate; a screw rod longitudinally penetrates through the upper seat platform cover plate, the lower end of the screw rod extends to the lower seat platform cover plate, a sliding block meshed with the screw rod penetrates through the screw rod, and the sliding block is positioned between the upper seat platform cover plate and the lower seat platform cover plate; the upper end of the screw rod is screwed with an adjusting rotating wheel which is used for rotating the screw rod so that the sliding block can slide up and down relatively; the detection part is fixedly arranged at the side end of the sliding block so as to realize that the rotary adjusting rotating wheel in the step S2 can drive the detection part to slide.
Preferably, a locking positioning block penetrates through the screw rod, the upper end and the lower end of the locking positioning block are respectively abutted against the lower end of the adjusting rotating wheel and the upper end face of the upper cover plate of the seat platform, a locking hole is formed in the side portion of the locking positioning block, and a locking piece is screwed into the locking hole and can be supported on the screw rod to be locked so as to realize that the fixed working distance is realized through the locking positioning block in the step S2.
Preferably, the fixing assembly comprises a fixing base, a detection cover plate, a detection middle sleeve and a backlight plate, the fixing base is fixedly connected with the side end of the sliding block, a clamping groove is transversely formed in the outer end of the fixing base, and the side end of the detection cover plate slides into the clamping groove and is fixed; the detection middle sleeve is fixedly arranged at the lower end of the detection cover plate in an attached mode, a mounting groove is formed in the detection middle sleeve, a notch is opposite to the lower cover plate of the seat stand, the backlight plate is fixedly arranged in the mounting groove, the detection module is fixedly arranged at the lower end of the detection middle sleeve in an attached mode and shields the mounting groove so that the detection modules of the detection part are correspondingly fixed on the detection middle sleeve in step S4 according to detection parameters required by the optical lens/camera, and the backlight plate is opened to adjust light and do work before detection.
Preferably, the corner end of the detection cover plate is cut to form a mounting opening, a scale indication block is fixedly arranged on the mounting opening, and the width of the scale indication block is equal to that of the detection cover plate; the fixed scale indication post that is equipped with of lateral part between apron under seat upper cover plate and the seat and being in the seat backup pad, the scale indication post is last vertically to be equipped with the scale mark, the outer terminal surface and the scale indication post butt of scale indication block can adjust detecting module to required working distance in order to realize step S2 with the accurate displacement distance of reading detecting module in the measuring direction.
Preferably, the double-shaft adjusting assembly is fixedly arranged at the upper end of the base platform lower cover plate and is positioned right below the detection module, and comprises a double-shaft adjusting sliding table, an adjusting sliding table fixing seat, a limiting block and a second double-line guide rail; the adjusting sliding table fixing seat is fixedly arranged at the upper end of the double-shaft adjusting sliding table, the limiting block is fixedly arranged at the edge of the inner end of the adjusting sliding table fixing seat, and the upper end of the limiting block extends inwards to form a butt plate; the second double-line guide rails are fixedly attached to the upper end face of the adjusting sliding table fixing seat, the inner ends of the two guide rails are abutted against the inner sides of the limiting blocks, and the outer ends of the two guide rails extend out of the double-shaft adjusting sliding table;
the double-shaft adjusting sliding table comprises a lower sliding table assembly and an upper sliding table assembly fixedly arranged above the lower sliding table assembly, the lower sliding table assembly is used for achieving left-right movement of the adjusting sliding table fixing seat, the upper sliding table assembly is used for achieving front-back movement of the adjusting sliding table fixing seat, and therefore the double-shaft adjusting in the step S5 is achieved to adjust the horizontal position of the optical lens/camera.
Preferably, the interchanging and alternately using combination a comprises a first guide rail slider group, a sensor plate fixing seat and a sensor plate which are attached and fixed to each other from bottom to top, and the optical lens is mounted at the upper end of the sensor plate so as to realize the mounting of the optical lens in the step S3; the first guide rail sliding block group packing block is symmetrically provided with two guide rail sliding blocks A which can be arranged on the second double-linear guide rail in a sliding manner so as to realize that the combination A is alternately used in the step 2 and slides into the second double-linear guide rail; the abutting plate abuts against the sensor plate fixing seat to limit the interchange alternative use combination A so as to limit the limit block of the combination A in the step S3; the lower end of the guide rail sliding block A is provided with a second sliding groove, the inner walls of two sides of the second sliding groove extend outwards to form a convex, and two sides of the guide rail in the second double-line guide rail inwards form a concave matched with the convex.
Preferably, the interchangeable and alternate combination B comprises a second guide rail sliding block set, a connecting seat, a fixed platform and a detection platform which are mutually attached and fixed from bottom to top, and when the optical lens needs to be assembled into the camera in the step S3, the finished camera component is placed on the detection platform; the second guide rail slider group packing block is symmetrically provided with two guide rail sliders B which can be arranged on the second double-linear guide rail in a sliding manner so as to realize that the combination B used alternately in the step S2 slides into the second double-linear guide rail, a notch is formed on the connecting seat, and the abutting plate is abutted with the notch so as to limit the combination B used alternately to be interchanged so as to realize the limit of the limit block of the combination B in the step S3; the lower end of the guide rail sliding block B is provided with a second sliding groove, the inner walls of two sides of the second sliding groove extend outwards to form a convex, and two sides of the guide rail in the second double-line guide rail inwards form a concave matched with the convex.
Preferably, the detection module is a resolution plate assembly or a 0068 field angle determination image block;
the resolution plate assembly comprises a resolution plate seat platform fixed with the lower end face of the middle detection sleeve, two connected gear grooves are formed in the resolution plate seat platform, a transmission gear and a fixed gear which are meshed with each other are respectively installed on the two gear grooves, the upper end of the transmission gear extends out of the resolution plate seat platform, and a resolution plate is embedded in the fixed gear; the transmission gear is shifted and drives the fixed gear and the resolution plate to rotate so as to realize the resolution detection of the optical lens or the camera finished product; the 0068 field angle measuring block can be fixed with the lower end face of the middle detection sleeve and used for field angle function detection of an optical lens or camera finished product part; different detection modules are fixed on the lower end face of the sleeve in detection so as to realize detection of different parameters.
Detailed Description
Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar functions throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the drawings are illustrative and intended to be illustrative of the invention and are not to be construed as limiting the invention.
In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", and the like, indicate orientations and positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are used only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, are not to be considered as limiting the present invention.
Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or to implicitly indicate the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of the present invention, unless otherwise specified, "a plurality" means two or more unless explicitly defined otherwise.
In the present invention, unless otherwise explicitly stated or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," "fixed," and the like are to be construed broadly and may, for example, be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific situations by those of ordinary skill in the art.
In the present invention, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the recitation of a first feature "on" or "under" a second feature may include the recitation of the first and second features being in direct contact, and may also include the recitation that the first and second features are not in direct contact, but are in contact via another feature between them. Also, the first feature being "on," "above" and "over" the second feature includes the first feature being directly on and obliquely above the second feature, or merely indicating that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature includes the first feature being directly under and obliquely below the second feature, or simply meaning that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.
A detection method for alternately detecting parameters of an optical lens realizes the following steps by the devices shown in figures 1-24:
s1: assembling an adjusting seat, a detection part and a double-shaft adjusting assembly;
s2: and assembling a combination A or a combination B according to requirements on the double-shaft adjusting assembly in an interchangeable and alternate mode:
sliding the interchangeable and alternative combination A into a second double-line guide rail 23 in the double-shaft adjusting assembly, then rotating the adjusting rotating wheel 6 to drive the detecting part to slide, so that the end face of a detecting module of the detecting part is contacted with a sensor plate 26 to return to zero, then adjusting to a required working distance, fixing through a locking positioning block 8, and locking the working distance;
b, sliding the interchangeable and alternative combination B into a second double-line guide rail 23 in the double-shaft adjusting assembly, then rotating the adjusting rotating wheel 6 to drive the detecting part to slide, so that the end face of a detecting module of the detecting part is contacted with a sensor plate 26 to return to zero, then adjusting to a required working distance, realizing fixation through a locking positioning block 8, and locking the working distance;
s3: a, mounting an optical lens to be detected on a 29sensor plate 26, then sliding to the position below a detection module of a detection part, and realizing the position limitation through a limiting block 22;
when the optical lens needs to be assembled into a camera, the camera component is placed on the detection platform 33, then slides to the lower part of the detection module of the detection component through the second double-line guide rail 23, and is limited through the limit block 22;
s4: correspondingly fixing each detection module of the detection part on a detection middle sleeve 13 according to detection parameters required by an optical lens/camera, and turning on a backlight plate 14 to adjust light to do work before detection;
s5: through double-axis adjustment and backlight adjustment, the optical lens/camera is positioned at the optimal detection position, has the optimal illumination environment and starts to detect.
Further, in step S1, the adjusting seat, the detecting member and the biaxial adjusting assembly are assembled with each other as follows:
the double-shaft adjusting assembly is positioned on the adjusting seat stand and is suitable for driving the interchangeable alternate use combination A or the interchangeable alternate use combination B to move back and forth/left and right on the same horizontal plane relative to the detection part along the direction vertical to the detection direction;
the adjusting seat stand is suitable for fixing the detection part and can drive the detection part to move along the detection direction relative to the double-shaft adjusting assembly so as to accurately adjust the working distance required by parameter detection;
the detection component comprises a fixing component connected with the adjusting seat stand and a plurality of detection modules which can be respectively and independently positioned on the fixing component; the multiple detection modules can respectively and correspondingly cooperate with the interchange alternate use combination A or interchange alternate use combination B according to parameters required to be detected by the optical lens or the finished camera part, and the parameters are detected by adjusting the seat stand and the double-shaft adjusting assembly.
Furthermore, the adjusting seat comprises a seat upper cover plate 1, a seat lower cover plate 2 and a seat support plate 3 fixedly arranged between the seat upper cover plate 1 and the seat lower cover plate 2; a screw rod 4 longitudinally penetrates through the seat stand upper cover plate 1, the lower end of the screw rod 4 extends to the seat stand lower cover plate 2, a sliding block 5 meshed with the screw rod 4 penetrates through the screw rod 4, and the sliding block 5 is positioned between the seat stand upper cover plate 1 and the seat stand lower cover plate 2; the upper end of the screw rod 4 is screwed with an adjusting rotating wheel 6 for rotating the screw rod 4 so that the sliding block 5 can slide up and down relatively; the detection part is fixedly arranged at the side end of the sliding block 5, so that the rotation of the adjusting rotating wheel 6 in the step S2 can drive the detection part to slide. It should be noted here that, a first double-line guide rail 7 is installed on one side of the seat support plate 3 facing the slider 5, and the slider 5 is provided with a first sliding groove which is in clamping fit with the first double-line guide rail 7 to slide so as to prevent the slider 5 from shaking, so that the slider can be assisted to slide up and down, and the sliding process is more stable. The clamping fit can be designed into a dovetail groove type tight fit anti-falling design, so that the sliding block 5 can slide more stably.
Furthermore, a locking positioning block 8 penetrates through the screw rod 4, the upper end and the lower end of the locking positioning block 8 are respectively abutted against the lower end of the adjusting rotating wheel 6 and the upper end face of the seat stand upper cover plate 1, a locking hole 9 is formed in the side portion of the locking positioning block 8, and a locking piece 10 screwed into the locking hole 9 can be supported on the screw rod 4 to be locked so as to realize that the fixed working distance is realized through the locking positioning block 8 in the step S2.
Further, the fixing component comprises a fixing base 11, a detection cover plate 12, a detection middle sleeve 13 and a backlight plate 14, the fixing base 11 is fixedly connected with the side end of the sliding block 5, a clamping groove 15 is transversely formed in the outer end of the fixing base 11, and the side end of the detection cover plate 12 slides into the clamping groove 15 and is fixed; the detection middle sleeve 13 is fixedly arranged at the lower end of the detection cover plate 12 in an attaching mode, a mounting groove 16 is formed in the detection middle sleeve 13, a notch faces the seat bottom cover plate 2, the backlight plate 14 is fixedly arranged in the mounting groove 16, the detection module is fixedly arranged at the lower end of the detection middle sleeve 13 in an attaching mode and shields the mounting groove 16 so that the detection modules of the detection part are correspondingly fixed on the detection middle sleeve 13 according to detection parameters required by an optical lens/camera in step S4, and the backlight plate 14 is opened to adjust light and perform detection front work. In addition, the side end of the detection cover plate 12 slides into the clamping groove 15 of the fixed base 11 for fixing, so that the detection cover plate 12 can be further prevented from being separated in the longitudinal direction to a certain extent.
Furthermore, an installation opening 17 is formed by cutting the corner end of the detection cover plate 12, a scale indication block 18 is fixedly arranged on the installation opening 17, and the width of the scale indication block 18 is equal to that of the detection cover plate 12; the side portion between seat upper cover plate 1 and seat lower cover plate 2 and in seat backup pad 3 is fixedly provided with scale indication column 19, and scale lines are longitudinally arranged on scale indication column 19, and the outer end face of scale indication block 18 is abutted against scale indication column 19 to accurately read the moving distance of detection module in the detection direction so as to realize that the detection module can be adjusted to the required working distance in step S2.
Further, the double-shaft adjusting assembly is fixedly arranged at the upper end of the seat stand lower cover plate 2 and is positioned right below the detection module, and comprises a double-shaft adjusting sliding table 20, an adjusting sliding table fixing seat 21, a limiting block 22 and a second double-line guide rail 23; the adjusting sliding table fixing seat 21 is fixedly arranged at the upper end of the double-shaft adjusting sliding table 20, the limiting block 22 is fixedly arranged at the edge of the inner end of the adjusting sliding table fixing seat 21, and the upper end of the limiting block 22 extends inwards to form a butt plate 24; the second double-line guide rails 23 are fixedly attached to the upper end faces of the adjusting sliding table fixing seats 21, the inner ends of the two guide rails are abutted to the inner sides of the limiting blocks 22, and the outer ends of the two guide rails extend out of the double-shaft adjusting sliding table 20;
the double-shaft adjusting sliding table 20 comprises a lower sliding table assembly and an upper sliding table assembly fixedly arranged above the lower sliding table assembly, the lower sliding table assembly is used for achieving left-right movement of the adjusting sliding table fixing seat 21, the upper sliding table assembly is used for achieving front-back movement of the adjusting sliding table fixing seat 21, and therefore the double-shaft adjusting in the step S5 is achieved to adjust the horizontal position of the optical lens/camera.
And, exchange alternate use combination A or exchange alternate use combination B and pass through second double-line guide rail 23 and can assemble fast to biax adjusting part with the gliding mode, change more fast convenient on alternate use, need not to use other fixing device, improved detection efficiency. In addition, the butt plate 24 can be located in the middle of the sliding table 20 for biaxial adjustment during lens detection, so that the corresponding positions of the modules can be conveniently calibrated and detected.
It should be noted here that the dual-axis adjusting sliding table 20 can drive the optical lens assembled thereon to move back and forth/left and right, and both the upper sliding table assembly and the lower sliding table assembly include a fixed block and a moving block slidably disposed on the fixed block. There are many kinds of existing structures of biaxial sliding, and the biaxial moving structure in the scheme is a structure which is stable in moving.
Further, the combination a used interchangeably comprises a first guide rail slider group, a sensor plate fixing seat 25 and a sensor plate 26 which are attached and fixed to each other from bottom to top, and the optical lens is mounted at the upper end of the sensor plate 26 to realize the mounting of the optical lens in the step S3; the first guide rail slide block group block is symmetrically provided with two guide rail slide blocks A27 which can be arranged on the second double-linear guide rail 23 in a sliding manner so as to realize that the combination A is alternately used in the step 2 and slides into the second double-linear guide rail 23; the abutting plate 24 abuts against the sensor plate fixing seat 25 to limit the interchange alternate use combination A so as to limit the limit block 22 of the combination A in the step S3; the lower end of the guide rail sliding block A27 is provided with a second sliding groove 28, the inner walls of two sides of the second sliding groove 28 extend outwards to form convex protrusions 29, and two sides of the guide rail in the second double-line guide rail 23 inwards form concave recesses 30 matched with the convex protrusions 29.
Can easily take off at an optical lens detects the back in the roll-off guide rail, next optical lens's detection after that, avoid optical lens to assemble into the camera finished product and just can detect its parameter in traditional detection mode relatively, reduced whole equipment process and avoided the loss of optical lens when assembling, and the gliding mating mode of guide rail is worked on same slip table when trading optical lens, has guaranteed horizontal balance degree and detection precision greatly. And the outer convex 29 and the inner concave 30 are matched to ensure the smoothness of sliding and prevent the sliding block from disengaging.
Further, the interchangeable and alternative combination B includes a second guide rail slider group, a connecting seat 31, a fixed platform 32 and a detection platform 33, which are attached and fixed to each other from bottom to top, and when the finished camera lens component is placed on the detection platform 33 to realize that the optical lens needs to be assembled into the camera lens in step S3, the camera lens component is placed on the detection platform 33; the second guide rail slider group package block is symmetrically provided with two guide rail sliders B34 which can be slidably arranged on the second double-linear guide rail 23 to realize that the combination B used alternately in the step S2 slides into the second double-linear guide rail 23, a notch 35 is formed on the connecting seat 31, and the abutting plate 24 abuts against the notch 35 to limit the combination B used alternately in the interchange manner so as to realize the limit of the limit block 22 of the combination B in the step S3; the lower end of the guide rail sliding block B34 is provided with a second sliding groove 28, outer protrusions 29 are arranged on the inner walls of the two sides of the second sliding groove 28 in an outward extending mode, and inner recesses 30 matched with the outer protrusions 29 are formed in the two sides of the guide rail in the second double-line guide rail 23 inwards.
When the optical lens is assembled into the camera, required parameters can be directly adjusted on the detection platform, the lens can be directly fixed after the parameters are confirmed, the fixed lens can also continuously check whether the confirmed parameters change when the confirmed parameters are fixed, and compared with the traditional method that the optical lens is matched and fixed after being detected, and then another set of tooling is replaced for detecting and confirming the parameters, the interchangeable and alternative combination B can quickly slide into the double-shaft adjusting assembly, whether the parameters change when the lens is fixed can be observed, if the parameters change, the parameters can be adjusted in real time, and whether the parameters change on the same horizontal plane can be ensured after the fixed optical lens becomes the camera, so that the problems of stability, accuracy and the like of assembling the controlled and installed optical lens into the camera are effectively solved, the balance of the detection platform is greatly increased, the reliability of the parameters is adjusted, the interchange is simple and fast, the efficiency is greatly improved, and the loss is reduced.
Further, the detection module is a resolution board assembly or 0068 field angle determination block 36;
the resolution plate assembly comprises a resolution plate seat 37 fixed with the lower end face of the middle detection sleeve 13, two connected gear grooves 38 are formed in the resolution plate seat 37, a transmission gear 39 and a fixed gear 40 which are meshed with each other are respectively installed on the two gear grooves 38, the upper end of the transmission gear 39 extends out of the resolution plate seat 37, and a resolution plate is embedded in the fixed gear 40; the transmission gear 39 is shifted and the fixed gear 40 and the resolution plate are driven to rotate so as to realize the resolution detection of the finished optical lens or camera; the 0068 angle of view determination block 36 can be fixed with the lower end face of the middle detection sleeve 13 for angle of view function detection of optical lenses or camera finished products; different detection modules are fixed on the lower end face of the middle detection sleeve 13 to realize detection of different parameters.
In this embodiment, when detecting to current optical lens parameter, need assemble into camera finished product spare and just can detect, not only loaded down with trivial details but also easy loss camera lens to can't keep the stationarity and the precision of camera lens when optical lens assembles into the camera.
The scheme relates to a detection method capable of alternately detecting parameters of an optical lens, a device used by the detection method is provided with an interchange alternate use combination A and an interchange alternate use combination B, the combination A/B can be used when the parameters of the optical lens are detected and assembled into a camera for use according to requirements, the quick replacement can be realized through a double-shaft adjusting assembly in a matched mode, the detection when another set of tool needs to be replaced and the camera is assembled correspondingly is avoided, the corresponding fixing device also needs to correspond to a finished camera part, and the detection efficiency and the accuracy are greatly improved.
In addition, the double-shaft adjusting assembly and the adjusting seat platform respectively adjust the movement of the optical lens/camera finished product piece and the detection module, so that the accuracy of parameter detection can be further improved, the qualification rate is improved, and the enterprise capacity is improved.
Moreover, various detection modules can be independently assembled on the retention component, and the detection requirements of different parameters can be met.
In the description herein, references to the description of the term "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples," etc., mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.
Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described above, it is understood that the above embodiments are exemplary and should not be construed as limiting the present invention, and that variations, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made in the above embodiments by those of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the principle and spirit of the present invention.