IP Library Granted Patent US 11,573,409
Granted Patent B2
US 11,573,409 · App. 17/488,645 · Granted Feb 7, 2023

Contactless type optical device

Inventors: Wonseok Ahn (Yongin-si, KR); Bogun Park (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: SUPREMA ID INC.
G02B13/005
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Patent No.
US 11,573,409
App. No.
17/488,645
Granted
Feb 7, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A contactless type optical device includes an image photographing module configured to photograph a subject, the image photographing module including a photographing lens forming an image of light that is scattered from the subject and is incident on the photographing lens; an illuminator configured to radiate illumination light, the illuminator being disposed within a predetermined distance from the image photographing module; a first lens configured to reduce an incidence angle of the illumination light traveling from the illuminator; and a second lens having a first surface to which the illumination light passing through the first lens is incident to be transmitted, and a second surface to which the subject's scattered light scattered from the subject is incident to be transmitted. The photographing lens is disposed such that the subject's scattered light passing through the second lens is incident on the photographing lens.

Claims (35)

1. A contactless type optical device comprising:

an image photographing module configured to photograph a subject, the image photographing module including a photographing lens forming an image of light that is scattered from the subject and is incident on the photographing lens;

an illuminator configured to radiate illumination light, the illuminator disposed on a plane within a predetermined distance from the image photographing module;

a first lens configured to reduce an incidence angle of the illumination light traveling from the illuminator;

a second lens having a first surface to which the illumination light passing through the first lens is incident to be transmitted, and a second surface to which the subject's scattered light scattered from the subject is incident to be transmitted; and

a reflector to reflect the subject's scattered light so that the subject's scattered light is incident on the image photographing module,

wherein the photographing lens is disposed such that the subject's scattered light passing through the second lens is incident on the photographing lens,

wherein the image photographing module is disposed on the plane on which the illuminator is disposed,

wherein the first lens is disposed to be spaced apart from the illuminator to face the illuminator,

wherein the reflector includes a first reflector and a second reflector disposed between the first lens and the second lens,

wherein the first reflector and the second reflector are disposed to be spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance to face each other while no other reflectors are placed between the first reflector and the second reflector, and

wherein a distance between the first reflector and the second reflector is larger than a diameter of the first lens and smaller than a diameter of the second lens.

2. The contactless type optical device of claim 1 , wherein the first reflector and the second reflector are disposed at respective preset angles between the image photographing module and the second lens to reflect the subject's scattered light.

3. The contactless type optical device of claim 2 , wherein an optical axis of the illuminator is disposed between the first reflector and the second reflector.

4. The contactless type optical device of claim 1 , wherein the illuminator, the reflector, and the second lens are configured such that the illumination light is incident towards the second lens without being reflected by the reflector.

5. The contactless type optical device of claim 1 , wherein the second lens is configured such that the subject's scattered light scattered from the subject is incident on the image photographing module at a view angle ranging from −5° to 5°.

6. The contactless type optical device of claim 1 , wherein the first lens includes a convex lens.

7. The contactless type optical device of claim 1 , wherein the second lens includes an objective lens that is a convex lens.

8. A contactless type optical device comprising:

an image photographing module configured to photograph a subject, the image photographing module including a photographing lens forming an image of light that is scattered from the subject and is incident on the photographing lens;

an illuminator configured to radiate illumination light, the illuminator being disposed on a plane within a predetermined distance from the image photographing module;

a first lens configured to reduce an incidence angle of the illumination light traveling from the illuminator;

a glass plate having a first surface to which the illumination light passing through the first lens is incident to be transmitted, and a second surface to which the subject's scattered light scattered from the subject is incident to be transmitted; and

a reflector to reflect the subject's scattered light so that the subject's scattered light is incident on the image photographing module,

wherein the photographing lens is disposed such that the subject's scattered light passing through the glass plate is incident on the photographing lens, and

wherein the image photographing module is disposed on the plane on which the illuminator is disposed,

wherein the reflector comprises a first reflector and a second reflector disposed between the first lens and the glass plate,

wherein the first reflector and the second reflector are disposed to be spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance to face each other while no other reflectors are placed between the first reflector and the second reflector, and

wherein a distance between the first reflector and the second reflector is larger than a diameter of the first lens and smaller than an overall length of the glass plate.

9. The contactless type optical device of claim 8 , wherein the first reflector and the second reflector disposed at respective preset angles between the image photographing module and the glass plate to reflect the subject's scattered light.

10. The contactless type optical device of claim 9 , wherein at least one of the first reflector and the second reflector includes a concave mirror.

11. The contactless type optical device of claim 9 , wherein an optical axis of the illuminator is disposed between the first reflector and the second reflector.

12. The contactless type optical device of claim 8 , wherein the illuminator, the reflector, and the glass plate are configured such that the illumination light is incident towards the glass plate without being reflected by the reflector.

13. The contactless type optical device of claim 8 , wherein the glass plate is configured such that the subject's scattered light scattered from the subject is incident on the image photographing module at a view angle ranging from −5° to 5°.

14. The contactless type optical device of claim 8 , wherein the first lens includes a convex lens.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 25, 2023
From: SUPREMA ID INC.
To: XPERIX INC.
Reel/Frame 065344/0597 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 29, 2021
From: AHN, WONSEOK; PARK, BOGUN
To: SUPREMA ID INC.
Reel/Frame 057698/0555 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0064342 · May 18, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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