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US 7,010,223 · App. 10/478,774 · Granted Mar 7, 2006

Dental or endoscopic camera

Assignee: Dürr Dental GmbH & Co. KG
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 7,010,223
App. No.
10/478,774
Granted
Mar 7, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to the invention, the lens system of a dental or endoscopic camera is designed in the form of a non-telecentric lens in which the field stop or an image thereof is located in the region of the lens arrangement on the converter side of said lens system.

Claims (13)

1. A dental or endoscopic camera comprising a casing, with an optical system, with a stop determining the image field and with an image converter arranged on the axis of the optical system, wherein the optical system has an object-side lens arrangement, a middle lens arrangement and a converter-side lens arrangement, wherein the stop determining the image field is situated in the region of the converter-side lens arrangement, a short distance downstream of the converter-side lens arrangement amounting to approximately 2% to 10%, of the spacing between a rear boundary face of the converter-side lens arrangement and a light-sensitive face of the image converter.

2. The camera according to claim 1 , the short distance downstream amounts to approximately 2% to approximately 5%, of the spacing between the rear boundary face of the converter-side lens arrangement and the light-sensitive face of the image converter.

3. The camera according to claim 1 , wherein the object-side lens arrangement is formed by a concavely/convexly curved lens.

4. The camera according to claim 1 , wherein the middle lens arrangement is formed by a biconvex lens.

5. The camera according to claim 1 , wherein the converter-side lens arrangement is formed by a biconvex lens.

6. The camera according to claim 1 , further comprising a light-reflecting means arranged upstream of the object-side lens arrangement.

7. The camera according to claim 1 , wherein an entrance window is situated upstream of the object-side lens arrangement and is connected to the casing in flush and tight manner.

8. The camera according to claim 1 , further comprising a device for adjusting the image converter in the direction of the axis of the optical system.

9. The camera according to claim 8 , wherein the adjusting device has an actuating element which passes through a wall of the casing.

10. The camera according to claim 8 , wherein the adjusting device has an electric motor for adjusting the image converter in the direction of the axis of the optical system.

11. The camera according to claim 1 , further comprising an optical waveguide extending within the casing, the light-output end of which is adjacent to an entrance window of the casing.

12. The camera according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one light-source arranged next to the entrance window.

13. The camera according to claim 12 wherein at least one of the at least one light-source comprises a light-emitting diode.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 21, 2003
From: THOMS, MICHAEL
To: DURR DENTAL GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 015264/0270 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 101 25 772 · May 26, 2001 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20040156626A1 · Aug 12, 2004