KR20160009835A - Optical Apparatus and Method for Shaping Line-Focused Parallel Light Beam - Google Patents
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Abstract
A parallel optical line beam generator capable of generating a wide parallel optical line beam as well as a simple structure and a narrow width, and thus applicable to various applications.
The parallel optical line beam generating apparatus of the present invention comprises: a mirror pair provided so as to face each other and composed of two mirrors that repeatedly reflect incident light and guide the incident light in a direction parallel to the reflection surface; And a collimator provided at a front end of one of the two mirrors and guided by the mirror pair so that the light beams emitted from the mirror pair are collimated in parallel. In a preferred embodiment, the parallel optical line beam generator further comprises a base of transparent material, wherein the two mirrors are installed on both sides of the base. In such a case, the two mirrors may be realized by a mirror coating layer provided on both sides of the base.
Even if the light incident from the light source is incident into the device with a very narrow beam width, a wide parallel light is emitted through the collimator. Accordingly, there is no need to separate the light source and the collimator from each other, the size of the device can be made very small, and it is advantageous in that the structure is very simple and can be manufactured at a low cost.
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BACKGROUND OF THE
A parallel optical line beam refers to a light having a vertical cross section with respect to the traveling direction and having a narrow thickness, and the traveling direction of light is substantially the same at all points. A light source capable of projecting such a parallel optical line beam has been used in various fields. Examples of such a light source include a pattern or shape detecting device such as a video device, a two-dimensional or three-dimensional scanner, a three-dimensional printer, And the like.
Generally, the flared light line beam can be composed of a combination of a slit for narrowing the thickness of the light and a collimator for focusing the light. 1, the
However, there is a problem that the flare beam line generating device as shown in FIG. 1 may be too large in size depending on the application field. As a specific example, in an inspection apparatus for inspecting the thickness of a glass or cracks or flaws in a glass panel production process for an LCD display, the width of the glass panel may reach about 2 meters, and in such a device, A line beam that is equal to or greater than the width of the glass panel may be required. 1, the distance L between the
In this connection, in the prior art documents described below,
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems and provides a parallel optical line beam generator capable of generating a wide parallel optical line beam as well as a simple structure and a narrow width, To be a technical challenge.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a parallel optical line beam generating method that can be implemented by a simple structure apparatus and can generate a wide parallel optical line beam as well as a narrow width, Another technical problem is.
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a parallel optical line beam generator comprising: a mirror pair including two mirrors arranged to face each other and guiding incident light in a direction parallel to the reflection surface while repeatedly reflecting light; And a collimator provided at a front end of one of the two mirrors and guided by the mirror pair so that the light beams emitted from the mirror pair are collimated in parallel.
In a preferred embodiment, the parallel optical line beam generator further comprises a base of transparent material, wherein the two mirrors are installed on both sides of the base. In such a case, the two mirrors may be realized by a mirror coating layer provided on both sides of the base.
It is preferable that a light input port for receiving the incident light is provided at a rear end of one of the two mirrors.
In one embodiment, the parallel optical line beam generator further includes a reflecting means for periodically changing the direction of the incident light between the light source and the light input port. Here, the light source and the reflecting means may be integrated with the two mirrors and the collimator.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a parallel optical line beam generating method comprising the steps of: inputting light through a pair of mirrors constituted by two mirrors provided so as to face each other; So as to be parallel to the two mirrors. The collimator provided at one end of the two mirrors converges the direction of light emitted from the mirror pair in parallel.
In one embodiment, the light is incident between the two mirrors while changing the direction of the light periodically according to time, so that scan light output at different emission points is output through the collimator with time.
According to the parallel optical line beam generating apparatus of the present invention, even when the light incident from the light source is incident into the base with a very narrow beam width, the parallel light of a wide width is emitted through the collimator. Accordingly, it is not necessary that the light source and the collimator are separated from each other, and the size of the device can be made very small.
The apparatus of the present invention is advantageous in that it can produce a wide parallel optical line beam as well as a narrow width, and the structure is very simple and can be manufactured at a low cost.
The parallel optical line beam generating apparatus of the present invention can be applied to a variety of applications, for example, a pattern or shape detecting device such as a video device, a two-dimensional or three-dimensional scanner, a three- Apparatus, and the like, and is particularly useful for inspection of large-sized workpieces.
1 is a schematic view for conceptually explaining a conventional parallel light generating method;
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of an embodiment of a parallel optical line beam generator according to the present invention; FIG.
3 is a view showing an example of a path of light propagation in a base;
Figure 4 shows the path of propagation of light propagating in different directions within the base;
5 is a view for explaining the operation in the imaging mode of the parallel optical line beam generating apparatus shown in FIG. 2; And
FIG. 6 is a view showing an operation of the parallel optical line beam generating apparatus shown in FIG. 2 in a scanning mode.
2, in a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a parallel optical line beam generator comprises a
A
The
2, the
The
The parallel optical line beam generating apparatus of Fig. 2 operates as follows.
As shown in FIG. 3, the light from the
4, light incident from the
The parallel optical line beam generating apparatus of FIG. 2 has two modes according to an applied device, namely, an imaging mode in which parallel light is entirely emitted from a front surface of the
5, when the light incident from the
In the scanning mode, it is preferable that the spreading angle of the incident light is substantially small so as to enhance the directivity of the parallel light to be emitted. In this case, it is preferable that a laser diode or other laser generating device having a small spread angle is used as the
In this case, the incident light propagates only in one direction within the
As shown in FIG. 5 or 6, according to the parallel optical line beam generating apparatus of the present invention, parallel light of a wide width is emitted through the
Particularly, in the application example shown in Fig. 6, since a wide-width scan light can be emitted, it becomes possible to photograph, recognize, or process an object over a wide range at high speed. For example, when the parallel optical line beam generating apparatus according to the present invention is applied to a large-sized three-dimensional scanner, it is not necessary to drive the stage by an actuator, and scanning can be performed at a high speed while the scanning object is fixed.
While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the invention.
For example, in the above description, the
In the above embodiment, since light is emitted through the
The intensity of the light may be different according to the point of emission of the
On the other hand, as the light propagates through the repeated reflection in the
Therefore, it should be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims rather than the detailed description and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents are to be construed as being included within the scope of the present invention do.
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A collimator provided at a front end of one of the two mirrors and guided by the mirror pair so that the light rays emitted from the mirror pair are parallel to each other;
And the parallel optical line beam generator.
A transparent base;
Respectively,
And the two mirrors are installed on both sides of the base.
Wherein the two mirrors are implemented by a mirror coating layer provided on both sides of the base.
And a light input port for receiving the incident light is provided at a rear end of one of the two mirrors.
A reflecting means installed between the light source generating the light and the light inputting port and periodically changing the direction of the incident light according to time;
Further comprising: a parallel optical line beam generator for generating a parallel beam;
And the light source and the reflecting means are integrally formed.
Parallelizing a direction of light emitted from the mirror pair by a collimator provided at one end of the two mirrors;
Wherein the parallel optical line beam generating method comprises the steps of:
Wherein the beam is periodically changed in accordance with time so that the light is incident between the two mirrors so that scan light having a different emission point is outputted over time through the collimator.
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