CA1277605C - Optical arrangement for a line-by-line illumination of scan originals - Google Patents
Optical arrangement for a line-by-line illumination of scan originalsInfo
- Publication number
- CA1277605C CA1277605C CA000536147A CA536147A CA1277605C CA 1277605 C CA1277605 C CA 1277605C CA 000536147 A CA000536147 A CA 000536147A CA 536147 A CA536147 A CA 536147A CA 1277605 C CA1277605 C CA 1277605C
- Authority
- CA
- Canada
- Prior art keywords
- light
- line
- original
- opto
- arrangement according
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
- Expired - Fee Related
Links
Classifications
-
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
- H04N1/00—Scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission; Details thereof
- H04N1/024—Details of scanning heads ; Means for illuminating the original
- H04N1/028—Details of scanning heads ; Means for illuminating the original for picture information pick-up
- H04N1/02815—Means for illuminating the original, not specific to a particular type of pick-up head
- H04N1/0282—Using a single or a few point light sources, e.g. a laser diode
- H04N1/02835—Using a single or a few point light sources, e.g. a laser diode in combination with a light guide, e.g. optical fibre, glass plate
-
- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B26/00—Optical devices or arrangements for the control of light using movable or deformable optical elements
- G02B26/007—Optical devices or arrangements for the control of light using movable or deformable optical elements the movable or deformable optical element controlling the colour, i.e. a spectral characteristic, of the light
- G02B26/008—Optical devices or arrangements for the control of light using movable or deformable optical elements the movable or deformable optical element controlling the colour, i.e. a spectral characteristic, of the light in the form of devices for effecting sequential colour changes, e.g. colour wheels
-
- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B26/00—Optical devices or arrangements for the control of light using movable or deformable optical elements
- G02B26/02—Optical devices or arrangements for the control of light using movable or deformable optical elements for controlling the intensity of light
- G02B26/023—Optical devices or arrangements for the control of light using movable or deformable optical elements for controlling the intensity of light comprising movable attenuating elements, e.g. neutral density filters
-
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
- H04N1/00—Scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission; Details thereof
- H04N1/024—Details of scanning heads ; Means for illuminating the original
- H04N1/028—Details of scanning heads ; Means for illuminating the original for picture information pick-up
- H04N1/02815—Means for illuminating the original, not specific to a particular type of pick-up head
-
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
- H04N1/00—Scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission; Details thereof
- H04N1/46—Colour picture communication systems
- H04N1/48—Picture signal generators
- H04N1/482—Picture signal generators using the same detector device sequentially for different colour components
- H04N1/484—Picture signal generators using the same detector device sequentially for different colour components with sequential colour illumination of the original
-
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F21—LIGHTING
- F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
- F21S10/00—Lighting devices or systems producing a varying lighting effect
- F21S10/007—Lighting devices or systems producing a varying lighting effect using rotating transparent or colored disks, e.g. gobo wheels
-
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F21—LIGHTING
- F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
- F21S10/00—Lighting devices or systems producing a varying lighting effect
- F21S10/02—Lighting devices or systems producing a varying lighting effect changing colors
Abstract
ABSTRACT
An opto-electronic arrangement for line-by-line scanning of color originals in reproduction technology by means of photodiodes as the opto-electronic transducers characterized by a light source with a condenser system whose light is projected at a fiber-optical shape converter, whose output cross section forms a linear optical pattern which is focussed further by a cylindrical lens into a band shape onto the original. In one embodiment, a filter wheel is provided between the light source and shape converter and in another embodiment the photodiodes are provided with dichroitic filters for selecting the color of the light received from the original into desired colored patterns.
In another modification, the first cylindrical lens focusses the light onto a diffusing element and then a second cylindrical lens is present for focussing the light from the diffusing element directly onto the original. The light from the original is preferably received either by a macrolens and focussed onto the row of photodiodes or is received by a GRIN fiber optical arrangement for directing the light onto the photodiodes.
An opto-electronic arrangement for line-by-line scanning of color originals in reproduction technology by means of photodiodes as the opto-electronic transducers characterized by a light source with a condenser system whose light is projected at a fiber-optical shape converter, whose output cross section forms a linear optical pattern which is focussed further by a cylindrical lens into a band shape onto the original. In one embodiment, a filter wheel is provided between the light source and shape converter and in another embodiment the photodiodes are provided with dichroitic filters for selecting the color of the light received from the original into desired colored patterns.
In another modification, the first cylindrical lens focusses the light onto a diffusing element and then a second cylindrical lens is present for focussing the light from the diffusing element directly onto the original. The light from the original is preferably received either by a macrolens and focussed onto the row of photodiodes or is received by a GRIN fiber optical arrangement for directing the light onto the photodiodes.
Description
4.
S P 13 C I F I C A T I O ~
OPTICAL ARRAN12Ml~riT FOR A LINE:--B~ LINE
ILLU~ ATIC)~ OF ~ I ORIGINALS
The present invention i5 directed to an opto-electronic arrangement for a line-by~line scanning of color originals in reproduction technology. The arrangement includes a light source, a shaped transducer whose output is constructed to provide a linear optical pattern or light band which corresponds to the line to be scanned, a filter means and a line of photodiodes. The filter means will contain filters which are set for color separation of the light of the light source into individual colors, for example, red, green or blue.
Luminophore tubes are presently often employed in reproduction technology as linear light sources for scanning originals. In addition, a surface illumination is employed in scanning originals in combination with the movement of a CCD line in a feed direction.
These illumination arrangements have the disadvantage that the optical efficiency is low and that they are not suited for illuminating the original line by-line with chromatic light.
U~S. Patent 4,490,740 discloses an arrangement for multi-color scanning of originals comprising a stationary original stage, a light pick-up and an illumination unit including a rotating filter wheel for generating the multi-color scan light. The light passes through the filter wheel and is converted into a line-shaped optical pattern or light band by means of a fiber-optical shape transducer of the ~ r`~
~,.. ;~;r 7~
illumination unit This band shape pattern is then conducted across the original. The light reflected from the original will proceed via a deflecting mirror in an optical arrangement onto a line of photodiodes. Both the illumination unit of the filter wheel and the shape - transducer, as well as the light pick-up which comprises the deflecting mirror, optics and a line of photodiodes are moved under the stage supporting the original and are moved along the original for scanning the original. This has the disadvantage that the fiber-optical shape transducer is moved and, thus, bent so that it disadvantageously changes its optical transmission properties and that all non-uniformities in the ~verall motion sequence, as well as jolts, produce image disturbances.
The arrangement of this patent also has the further disadvantage that it has poor light efficiency and that, in addition, the intensity distribution of the light at the output of the optical pattern or light band formed by the fibers is non-uniform. The poor efficiency results occur because the light at the output of the individual fiber optics will diverge. The different intensity distribution is caused by the different properties of the individual fibers and leads to streaking in the reproduction. The intensity distribution additionally changes due to the motion of the fiber-optical transducer so that a further deterioration of the image quality will occur.
An object of the present invention is to create an illumination arrangement or lightband for a CCD color scanning which enables high illuminance in the entire ~ 2~7~
visible part of ~he spectrum and enables a uniform illumination onto the original. Moreover, a black-white reproduction of color originals which is correct in terms of tonal gradation is also obtainable and desired.
These objects are achieved in an improvement in an op~ical-electronic arrangement for a line-by-line scanning of a color original in a reproduction technology by means of opto-electrical transducers comprising a line of photodiodes, a light source means for creating a beam of light having a luminance flux~ a shape converter of optical fibers positioned between the means and original and having an input end and an output end with a fiber arrangement to form a linear light pattern or light band which corresponds to the line to be scanned, and filter means for filtering light before it reaches the diode and being either a filter wheel being interposed between the light source and the shape converter or being positioned before the photodiodes which receive the light from the original. The improvements are that the light source means is a white source, which includes a condensor system for focussing the light beams with a bundle of light, wherein the input of the fiber-optical shape converter is provided with a shape at the input end which is matched to the cross section of the incoming light bundle, at least one cylindrical lens extends over the full length of the linear fiber arrangement and is being arranged in the divergent luminance flux emerging from the linear fiber arrangement so that the divergent luminance flux is converted into a line-shaped light strip directed onto the original to be scanned and optical means, such as either GRIM fiber optics or a macrolens, is provided for receiving the light from the original, whether it is transmitted through the translucent original or reflected from an opaque original and directs this to the line of photodiodes. In those arrangements wherein the light is directed onto the original without passing through the filter but the light from the original is then passed through a filter, the improvements include the condenser lens system focussing the light bundle onto the input side of the shape converter instead of throughout the filter means and the filter means being positioned between the optical means and line of photodiodes. In the embodiment where the light is filtered before being directed at the original, the filter means is positioned between the light source means and the input end of the shape transducer.
Other advantages and objects of the present invention will be readily apparent from the following description, drawings and claims.
ON T~ DRAWINGS
.
Fig. la is a schematic side view of a scanning device for originals having a CCD scan line;
Fig. lb is a plan view of the scanning device of Fig. la;
Fig. lc is a plan view with portions broken away for purpose of illustration schematically illustrating a light path from a source in accordance with the present invention through a filter, a shape converter and onto an original;
Fig. ld is a side view of the arrangement of Fig.
lc;
-77~5 Fig. 2 is a schematic view similar to Fig. lawith portions broken away for purpose of illustration illustrating a lamp housing of the scanning device;
Fig. 3a is a side view with portion~ broken away of a color filter wheel in accordance with the present ~ invention;
Fig. 3b is a plan view of the filter wheel of Fig.
3a;
Fig. 4a is a side view schematically presenting the beam path of light from the end of a optical converter to the original;
Fig. 4b is a plan view of the beam path of Fig.
4a;
Fig. Sa is a plan view schematically illustrating another embodiment for a beam path from an optical converter to the orignal;
Fig. 5b is a side view of the beam path of Fig.
5a; and Fig. 6 is a graphic illustration of the spectral sensitivity curves for red, green, blue and visible light.
The scanning arrangement or scanner of Figs. la and lb comprises a stage or support 1 for an original 20 The stage 1, which is made of a transparent material, is movable in a feed direction and accepts either transparent originals 2 or opaque originals 2.
As ~lay be seen from Fig. la, the original 2 to be scanned is illuminated with an optical pattern or light band 3 which has a width of about 1 mm and is imaged onto a CCD
line 5 by optical means such as a macrolens 4.
~5--~2~
As illustrated in Figs. lc and ld, the light source for generating the optical pattern or light band 3 is illustrated as a halogen lamp la and includes a shape transducer or a converter 5a. The transducer is made up of a plurality of optical fibers which gather into a circular cross section at an input end and are spread out into a flat portion at an output end.
The halogen lamp la, for example, can be an OSRA~
12 V - 50 W and generates white light. A condenser system 2a is posi~ioned to received the light from the lamp la and focusses the fiLament image onto a filter wheel 3a which contains interference filters as well as containing intensity mass changing filters for generating the primary colors, red, green and blue. This imaging of the filament onto the filter is especially advantageous because a high efficiency of the filter wheel will be achieved. The light leaving the filter wheel is collimated by a lens 4a into a bundle having a round cross section and onto an entrance end of a shape transducer or converter 5a which will convert incoming light from a circular bundle into a line shape band. An additional improvement of the efficiency will occur here due to the adaptation of the entrance cross section of the fiber-optical shape transducer converter to the cross section of the bundle from the lens 4a. The fiber discharge of ~he shape conv~rter will form a line which is imaged onto the original 7a that is to be illuminated by means of a cylindr ical lens 6a so that a line-shaped optical pattern or band will occur. Because of the filter passing different primary colors, a cyclical illumination of the 30 original with the primary colors will occur as a consequence ~27~
of this arrangement. Both opaque and transparent illumination is possible, for example, see Fig. 4a~
Instead of utilizing a halogen lamp, the light source can be a Zenon lamp and a tuneable acousto-optical filter can be employed instead of the filter wheel.
~ Given the scanning arrangement in accordance with Figs. la-ld, for example, for high-resolution scanners, a one-dimensional CCD line is currently advantageously employed. The linear CCD lines are available having up to 5000 pixel length, whereas two-dimensional CCD arrays are adapted to the video standard, for example a Fairchild CCD
211, which has an array of 488 x 380 pixels.
As already mentioned, a fiber-optical shape transducer or converter can be advantageously utiliæed for the illumination arrangement set forth hereinabove because proceeding on the basis of a punctiform light source, which may be either a halogen lamp or a zenon arc lamp, a line-shaped light band or pattern can be generated. The light of the point light source can be cyclically switched in a simple way with color filters and one manages it with only one CCD line in a scanning color picture. The optical efficiency is considerably greater, given line-by-line illumination in comparison to surface illumination and the signal-to-noise r~tio, which includes influence of stray light, is improved in comparison to surface illumination and corrections of non-uniformity of the illumination dependent on the image location, for example edge drop o~ the illumination, and vignetting of the scanning lens are less involved than in the two-dimensional arrangement.
~2~6~i As advantageously shown in Fig. 2, the illumination arrangement can be composed of a lamp housing having a light source 6, a condenser system including lenses 7 and 8, and an IR-absorbing filter 9. The light from the filter 9 goes through a filter of the color filter wheel 10 ~ to a collimator lens 11 which forwards the light onto the entrance cross section of the input end of the shape converter 15 whose entrance cross section is adapted to the diameter of the light bundle 14 being formed by the collimator 11. For reasons of optical light exploitation, the lamp housing can be constructed in mirro-symmetry relative to the light source 6 in order to simultaneously illuminate two fiber-optical shape converters lS.
Due to the condenser formed by the lenses 7 and 8 having a stop number S of about l and due to the intermediate imaging 13, the lamp filament of the light source 6 is enlarged about three times on the color filter wheel. The collimation lens alone will collimate the light so that the light bundle 14 comprises uniform luminance and s~ightly overfills an entrance face 12 of the shape converter or transducer 15.
The entrance face 12 of the shape converter can differ in size dependent on the length of the scan lines, whether they are opaque or transparent. On the basis of the selection of the focal length of the collimator lens 11, the : diameter of the bundle 14 can be matched to the diamete~ of the shape converter.
The color wheel 10 of Figs. 3a and 3b is composed of three sectors of 120 each minus the mounting edges for the filtersc The filter wheel sectors contain dichroitic ~L~7~
filters 22 which are for red, green and blue and additional mass filters, a color class 23 with which the overall spectral sensitivity can be adapted to a known scanning curve. Instead of the red, green and blue filter for the wheel 10, a visual spectrum filter V~) can be utilized for color reproduction suitable to tonal gradations. The curves of these filters are shown in Fig. 6 and discussed hereinafter.
In Fig. la, both an opaque as well as transparency mode of illumination as original is illustrated. The opaque illumination is realized by two shape converters, whose fiber discharges or output ends are 16 and 17 and illuminate the original by means of a cylindrical lens 18 and 19, with lens 18 arranged with the end 16 and lens 19 arranged with the end 17. If the original 2 is an opaque illumination as mentioned hereinabove, the beam path of the cylindrical lens is symmetrical, i.e., the optical fiber discharges or output end are imaged onto the original in a 1:] ratio. The optical length of the cylindrical lens can, preferably, be f=10 mm. Given employment of acrylic monofibers having a fiber diameter of 0.75 mm for the shape cor.verter, a light band or optical pattern having a wiAth of about 1 mm will occur.
In transparency illumination, the beam path of the transparent illumination comes from an output end 20 of the converter through a cylindrical lens 21 and is likewise symmetrical. However, only one shape converter is utilized.
As illustrated in Figs. 4a and 4b, the improvement of the invention for transparency illumination is by means of a two-stage imaging. In order to reduce disturbing non~
uniformities of the luminance of the scan line, the fiber line or output end 20 of the transducer is preferably initially imaged onto a diffusing screen 24 by means of a first cylindrical lens 21. The diffusing screen is in turn advantageously imaged onto the original 2 by a second - cylindrical lens 25.
An embodiment illustrated in Figs. 5a and 5b utilizes the introduction of a field lens. Given large field angles, the picture brightness decreases toward the edge of the picture due to the vignetting of the scan lens ; and due to illumination. This drop in brightness at the image edge can be compensated by a field lens, for example, a Fresnel cylindrical lens 26. As illustrated in Fig. 5a, the beam path from the light conductors 20 of the transducer extend with beam rays 27. A single ray 28 from this bundle of rays 27 is illustrated as being diffused into a second bundle 29 by the diffusing screen 24. This bundle is focussed onto the original 2 by the cylindrical lens 25 and is simultaneously deflected towards the pupil of a scanning optics 4 by a Fresnel cylindrical lens 26. Without the Fresnel lens 26, the single beam 30 would miss the pupil of the scanning optic and this would produce a reduction of the image brightness at the picture edge. As one can also see, a broad strip of the original is illuminated by a single light conductor. Thus, an overlap of the original and averaging the brightenss of a greater number of light conductors will occur. This leads to a more uniform illumination within the scanning line.
As mentioned above, the filter curves S~ ) for the acquisition of the spectral red, green and blue ~2~6~S
components from a white light of the source. In accordance with the invention, a matching of the filter curves to the sensitivity curve of the CCD line has been undertaken in accordance with the invention~ The dichroitic filters, which are standard in color scanning, are employed for the red, green and blue wavelengths, and these have mass filters, i.e., colored glass, which are connected parallel to them for correcting the filter curve. In order to correct the amplitude of the red, green and blue curves to identical height, a neutral filter can be additionally connected parallel as needed and usually is a standard grey glass being utilized for this purpose.
In black-white reproduction of colored originals, a single filter having a characteristic which corresponds to the eye's sensitivity can be utilized instead of color filters. This curve is also referenced as a visual spectru~
; curve V (~) curve and is likewise shown in Fig. 6 This filter curve course is designed so that the reproduction of black and white occurs correctly in terms of tonal gradation.
A great advantage of the scanning arrangement of the invention is that one makes due with one CCD line and that this need not be moved except that the filter wheel~
and no other optical parts must be moved. Moreover, this arrangement enables an extremely uniform line illumination even at the edge of the line give high light yields, i.e., a high efficiency. Both color as well as black and white reproduction is possible in both opaque as well as transparent scanning. Even scanning of large originals in one apparatus is possible. Of course these functions can ~776~
also be individually realized in an apparatus when an apparatus is required only for one type of scanning or reproduction. Another advantage is in ~he manufacturing of the device, since the same optical unit can be employed for these various applications.
~ In this context, yet another modification of the invention is of significance, namely that a GRIN fiber optic is employed in conjunction with the photodiode line instead of the macrolens. This photodiode line comprises the length of the scanning line. Such a GRIN fiber optic is disclosed, for example, an article from Photonics Spectra, December 1982, ppO 59-62. An extremely compact structure becomes possible on the basis of this arrangement.
Given employment of photodiode lines-which already undertake a color separation themselves given illumination with a white light, the filter wheel can be omitted. In these photodiode lines, a plurality of photodiodes are allocated to every pixel or picture element, and these photodiodes supply the desired color signal by being preceded by corresponding dichroitic Eilters.
Although various minor modifications may be suggested by those versed in the art, it should be understood that I wish to embody within the scope of the patent yranted hereon all such modifications as reasonably and properly come within the scope of my contribution to the art.
S P 13 C I F I C A T I O ~
OPTICAL ARRAN12Ml~riT FOR A LINE:--B~ LINE
ILLU~ ATIC)~ OF ~ I ORIGINALS
The present invention i5 directed to an opto-electronic arrangement for a line-by~line scanning of color originals in reproduction technology. The arrangement includes a light source, a shaped transducer whose output is constructed to provide a linear optical pattern or light band which corresponds to the line to be scanned, a filter means and a line of photodiodes. The filter means will contain filters which are set for color separation of the light of the light source into individual colors, for example, red, green or blue.
Luminophore tubes are presently often employed in reproduction technology as linear light sources for scanning originals. In addition, a surface illumination is employed in scanning originals in combination with the movement of a CCD line in a feed direction.
These illumination arrangements have the disadvantage that the optical efficiency is low and that they are not suited for illuminating the original line by-line with chromatic light.
U~S. Patent 4,490,740 discloses an arrangement for multi-color scanning of originals comprising a stationary original stage, a light pick-up and an illumination unit including a rotating filter wheel for generating the multi-color scan light. The light passes through the filter wheel and is converted into a line-shaped optical pattern or light band by means of a fiber-optical shape transducer of the ~ r`~
~,.. ;~;r 7~
illumination unit This band shape pattern is then conducted across the original. The light reflected from the original will proceed via a deflecting mirror in an optical arrangement onto a line of photodiodes. Both the illumination unit of the filter wheel and the shape - transducer, as well as the light pick-up which comprises the deflecting mirror, optics and a line of photodiodes are moved under the stage supporting the original and are moved along the original for scanning the original. This has the disadvantage that the fiber-optical shape transducer is moved and, thus, bent so that it disadvantageously changes its optical transmission properties and that all non-uniformities in the ~verall motion sequence, as well as jolts, produce image disturbances.
The arrangement of this patent also has the further disadvantage that it has poor light efficiency and that, in addition, the intensity distribution of the light at the output of the optical pattern or light band formed by the fibers is non-uniform. The poor efficiency results occur because the light at the output of the individual fiber optics will diverge. The different intensity distribution is caused by the different properties of the individual fibers and leads to streaking in the reproduction. The intensity distribution additionally changes due to the motion of the fiber-optical transducer so that a further deterioration of the image quality will occur.
An object of the present invention is to create an illumination arrangement or lightband for a CCD color scanning which enables high illuminance in the entire ~ 2~7~
visible part of ~he spectrum and enables a uniform illumination onto the original. Moreover, a black-white reproduction of color originals which is correct in terms of tonal gradation is also obtainable and desired.
These objects are achieved in an improvement in an op~ical-electronic arrangement for a line-by-line scanning of a color original in a reproduction technology by means of opto-electrical transducers comprising a line of photodiodes, a light source means for creating a beam of light having a luminance flux~ a shape converter of optical fibers positioned between the means and original and having an input end and an output end with a fiber arrangement to form a linear light pattern or light band which corresponds to the line to be scanned, and filter means for filtering light before it reaches the diode and being either a filter wheel being interposed between the light source and the shape converter or being positioned before the photodiodes which receive the light from the original. The improvements are that the light source means is a white source, which includes a condensor system for focussing the light beams with a bundle of light, wherein the input of the fiber-optical shape converter is provided with a shape at the input end which is matched to the cross section of the incoming light bundle, at least one cylindrical lens extends over the full length of the linear fiber arrangement and is being arranged in the divergent luminance flux emerging from the linear fiber arrangement so that the divergent luminance flux is converted into a line-shaped light strip directed onto the original to be scanned and optical means, such as either GRIM fiber optics or a macrolens, is provided for receiving the light from the original, whether it is transmitted through the translucent original or reflected from an opaque original and directs this to the line of photodiodes. In those arrangements wherein the light is directed onto the original without passing through the filter but the light from the original is then passed through a filter, the improvements include the condenser lens system focussing the light bundle onto the input side of the shape converter instead of throughout the filter means and the filter means being positioned between the optical means and line of photodiodes. In the embodiment where the light is filtered before being directed at the original, the filter means is positioned between the light source means and the input end of the shape transducer.
Other advantages and objects of the present invention will be readily apparent from the following description, drawings and claims.
ON T~ DRAWINGS
.
Fig. la is a schematic side view of a scanning device for originals having a CCD scan line;
Fig. lb is a plan view of the scanning device of Fig. la;
Fig. lc is a plan view with portions broken away for purpose of illustration schematically illustrating a light path from a source in accordance with the present invention through a filter, a shape converter and onto an original;
Fig. ld is a side view of the arrangement of Fig.
lc;
-77~5 Fig. 2 is a schematic view similar to Fig. lawith portions broken away for purpose of illustration illustrating a lamp housing of the scanning device;
Fig. 3a is a side view with portion~ broken away of a color filter wheel in accordance with the present ~ invention;
Fig. 3b is a plan view of the filter wheel of Fig.
3a;
Fig. 4a is a side view schematically presenting the beam path of light from the end of a optical converter to the original;
Fig. 4b is a plan view of the beam path of Fig.
4a;
Fig. Sa is a plan view schematically illustrating another embodiment for a beam path from an optical converter to the orignal;
Fig. 5b is a side view of the beam path of Fig.
5a; and Fig. 6 is a graphic illustration of the spectral sensitivity curves for red, green, blue and visible light.
The scanning arrangement or scanner of Figs. la and lb comprises a stage or support 1 for an original 20 The stage 1, which is made of a transparent material, is movable in a feed direction and accepts either transparent originals 2 or opaque originals 2.
As ~lay be seen from Fig. la, the original 2 to be scanned is illuminated with an optical pattern or light band 3 which has a width of about 1 mm and is imaged onto a CCD
line 5 by optical means such as a macrolens 4.
~5--~2~
As illustrated in Figs. lc and ld, the light source for generating the optical pattern or light band 3 is illustrated as a halogen lamp la and includes a shape transducer or a converter 5a. The transducer is made up of a plurality of optical fibers which gather into a circular cross section at an input end and are spread out into a flat portion at an output end.
The halogen lamp la, for example, can be an OSRA~
12 V - 50 W and generates white light. A condenser system 2a is posi~ioned to received the light from the lamp la and focusses the fiLament image onto a filter wheel 3a which contains interference filters as well as containing intensity mass changing filters for generating the primary colors, red, green and blue. This imaging of the filament onto the filter is especially advantageous because a high efficiency of the filter wheel will be achieved. The light leaving the filter wheel is collimated by a lens 4a into a bundle having a round cross section and onto an entrance end of a shape transducer or converter 5a which will convert incoming light from a circular bundle into a line shape band. An additional improvement of the efficiency will occur here due to the adaptation of the entrance cross section of the fiber-optical shape transducer converter to the cross section of the bundle from the lens 4a. The fiber discharge of ~he shape conv~rter will form a line which is imaged onto the original 7a that is to be illuminated by means of a cylindr ical lens 6a so that a line-shaped optical pattern or band will occur. Because of the filter passing different primary colors, a cyclical illumination of the 30 original with the primary colors will occur as a consequence ~27~
of this arrangement. Both opaque and transparent illumination is possible, for example, see Fig. 4a~
Instead of utilizing a halogen lamp, the light source can be a Zenon lamp and a tuneable acousto-optical filter can be employed instead of the filter wheel.
~ Given the scanning arrangement in accordance with Figs. la-ld, for example, for high-resolution scanners, a one-dimensional CCD line is currently advantageously employed. The linear CCD lines are available having up to 5000 pixel length, whereas two-dimensional CCD arrays are adapted to the video standard, for example a Fairchild CCD
211, which has an array of 488 x 380 pixels.
As already mentioned, a fiber-optical shape transducer or converter can be advantageously utiliæed for the illumination arrangement set forth hereinabove because proceeding on the basis of a punctiform light source, which may be either a halogen lamp or a zenon arc lamp, a line-shaped light band or pattern can be generated. The light of the point light source can be cyclically switched in a simple way with color filters and one manages it with only one CCD line in a scanning color picture. The optical efficiency is considerably greater, given line-by-line illumination in comparison to surface illumination and the signal-to-noise r~tio, which includes influence of stray light, is improved in comparison to surface illumination and corrections of non-uniformity of the illumination dependent on the image location, for example edge drop o~ the illumination, and vignetting of the scanning lens are less involved than in the two-dimensional arrangement.
~2~6~i As advantageously shown in Fig. 2, the illumination arrangement can be composed of a lamp housing having a light source 6, a condenser system including lenses 7 and 8, and an IR-absorbing filter 9. The light from the filter 9 goes through a filter of the color filter wheel 10 ~ to a collimator lens 11 which forwards the light onto the entrance cross section of the input end of the shape converter 15 whose entrance cross section is adapted to the diameter of the light bundle 14 being formed by the collimator 11. For reasons of optical light exploitation, the lamp housing can be constructed in mirro-symmetry relative to the light source 6 in order to simultaneously illuminate two fiber-optical shape converters lS.
Due to the condenser formed by the lenses 7 and 8 having a stop number S of about l and due to the intermediate imaging 13, the lamp filament of the light source 6 is enlarged about three times on the color filter wheel. The collimation lens alone will collimate the light so that the light bundle 14 comprises uniform luminance and s~ightly overfills an entrance face 12 of the shape converter or transducer 15.
The entrance face 12 of the shape converter can differ in size dependent on the length of the scan lines, whether they are opaque or transparent. On the basis of the selection of the focal length of the collimator lens 11, the : diameter of the bundle 14 can be matched to the diamete~ of the shape converter.
The color wheel 10 of Figs. 3a and 3b is composed of three sectors of 120 each minus the mounting edges for the filtersc The filter wheel sectors contain dichroitic ~L~7~
filters 22 which are for red, green and blue and additional mass filters, a color class 23 with which the overall spectral sensitivity can be adapted to a known scanning curve. Instead of the red, green and blue filter for the wheel 10, a visual spectrum filter V~) can be utilized for color reproduction suitable to tonal gradations. The curves of these filters are shown in Fig. 6 and discussed hereinafter.
In Fig. la, both an opaque as well as transparency mode of illumination as original is illustrated. The opaque illumination is realized by two shape converters, whose fiber discharges or output ends are 16 and 17 and illuminate the original by means of a cylindrical lens 18 and 19, with lens 18 arranged with the end 16 and lens 19 arranged with the end 17. If the original 2 is an opaque illumination as mentioned hereinabove, the beam path of the cylindrical lens is symmetrical, i.e., the optical fiber discharges or output end are imaged onto the original in a 1:] ratio. The optical length of the cylindrical lens can, preferably, be f=10 mm. Given employment of acrylic monofibers having a fiber diameter of 0.75 mm for the shape cor.verter, a light band or optical pattern having a wiAth of about 1 mm will occur.
In transparency illumination, the beam path of the transparent illumination comes from an output end 20 of the converter through a cylindrical lens 21 and is likewise symmetrical. However, only one shape converter is utilized.
As illustrated in Figs. 4a and 4b, the improvement of the invention for transparency illumination is by means of a two-stage imaging. In order to reduce disturbing non~
uniformities of the luminance of the scan line, the fiber line or output end 20 of the transducer is preferably initially imaged onto a diffusing screen 24 by means of a first cylindrical lens 21. The diffusing screen is in turn advantageously imaged onto the original 2 by a second - cylindrical lens 25.
An embodiment illustrated in Figs. 5a and 5b utilizes the introduction of a field lens. Given large field angles, the picture brightness decreases toward the edge of the picture due to the vignetting of the scan lens ; and due to illumination. This drop in brightness at the image edge can be compensated by a field lens, for example, a Fresnel cylindrical lens 26. As illustrated in Fig. 5a, the beam path from the light conductors 20 of the transducer extend with beam rays 27. A single ray 28 from this bundle of rays 27 is illustrated as being diffused into a second bundle 29 by the diffusing screen 24. This bundle is focussed onto the original 2 by the cylindrical lens 25 and is simultaneously deflected towards the pupil of a scanning optics 4 by a Fresnel cylindrical lens 26. Without the Fresnel lens 26, the single beam 30 would miss the pupil of the scanning optic and this would produce a reduction of the image brightness at the picture edge. As one can also see, a broad strip of the original is illuminated by a single light conductor. Thus, an overlap of the original and averaging the brightenss of a greater number of light conductors will occur. This leads to a more uniform illumination within the scanning line.
As mentioned above, the filter curves S~ ) for the acquisition of the spectral red, green and blue ~2~6~S
components from a white light of the source. In accordance with the invention, a matching of the filter curves to the sensitivity curve of the CCD line has been undertaken in accordance with the invention~ The dichroitic filters, which are standard in color scanning, are employed for the red, green and blue wavelengths, and these have mass filters, i.e., colored glass, which are connected parallel to them for correcting the filter curve. In order to correct the amplitude of the red, green and blue curves to identical height, a neutral filter can be additionally connected parallel as needed and usually is a standard grey glass being utilized for this purpose.
In black-white reproduction of colored originals, a single filter having a characteristic which corresponds to the eye's sensitivity can be utilized instead of color filters. This curve is also referenced as a visual spectru~
; curve V (~) curve and is likewise shown in Fig. 6 This filter curve course is designed so that the reproduction of black and white occurs correctly in terms of tonal gradation.
A great advantage of the scanning arrangement of the invention is that one makes due with one CCD line and that this need not be moved except that the filter wheel~
and no other optical parts must be moved. Moreover, this arrangement enables an extremely uniform line illumination even at the edge of the line give high light yields, i.e., a high efficiency. Both color as well as black and white reproduction is possible in both opaque as well as transparent scanning. Even scanning of large originals in one apparatus is possible. Of course these functions can ~776~
also be individually realized in an apparatus when an apparatus is required only for one type of scanning or reproduction. Another advantage is in ~he manufacturing of the device, since the same optical unit can be employed for these various applications.
~ In this context, yet another modification of the invention is of significance, namely that a GRIN fiber optic is employed in conjunction with the photodiode line instead of the macrolens. This photodiode line comprises the length of the scanning line. Such a GRIN fiber optic is disclosed, for example, an article from Photonics Spectra, December 1982, ppO 59-62. An extremely compact structure becomes possible on the basis of this arrangement.
Given employment of photodiode lines-which already undertake a color separation themselves given illumination with a white light, the filter wheel can be omitted. In these photodiode lines, a plurality of photodiodes are allocated to every pixel or picture element, and these photodiodes supply the desired color signal by being preceded by corresponding dichroitic Eilters.
Although various minor modifications may be suggested by those versed in the art, it should be understood that I wish to embody within the scope of the patent yranted hereon all such modifications as reasonably and properly come within the scope of my contribution to the art.
Claims (19)
1. In an opto-electronic arrangement for line-by-line scanning of color originals in a reproduction technology by means of a line of photodiodes as the opto-electronic transducers, said arrangement including a light source means for creating a beam of light of a luminance flux, a shape converter of optical fibers being positioned between the light source means and original and having an input end for receiving a bundle of light and having an output end with the fibers arranged to form a linear light pattern which corresponds to the line to be scanned and filter means for filtering light before it reaches to the line of photodiodes, the improvements comprising the light source means being a punctiform white light source, a condenser system focussing the light beams from the source into a light bundle, the shape converter being fashioned to have an input cross section matched to the cross section of the incoming light bundle, at least one cylindrical lens extending over the full length of the linear fiber arrangement and being arranged in the divergent luminance flux emerging from the output of the linear fiber arrangement to convert the divergent luminance flux into a line-shaped light strip directed onto the colored original to illuminate the scan line of the original and optical means being provided for receiving light from the original and focussing it onto the line of photodiodes.
2. In an opto-electronic arrangement for line-by-line scanning of color originals in a reproduction technology by means of a line of photodiodes as the opto-electronic transducers, said arrangement including a light source means for creating a beam of light of a luminance flux directed onto a filter wheel which comprises a plurality of filters to convert the beam of light into a filtered beam of certain light characteristics, a shape converter of optical fibers for receiving the filtered beam from the filter wheel and having an output of a linear fiber arrangement to form a linear light pattern which corresponds to the line to be scanned, the improvements comprising the light source means being a punctiform white light source, a condenser system focussing the light beam from the source into a light bundle directed onto the filter wheel, the shape converter being fashioned to have an input cross section matched to a cross section of the incoming light bundle, at least one cylindrical lens extending over the full length of the linear fiber arrangement and being arranged in the divergent luminance flux emerging from the output of the linear fiber arrangement to convert the divergent luminance flux into a line-shaped light strip directed onto the original to illuminate the scan line of the original and optical means being provided for receiving light from the original and focussing it onto the line of photodiodes.
3. In an opto-electronic arrangement according to claim 2, wherein the white light source is selected from a group consisting of halogen lamps and Xeron lamps.
4. In an opto-electronic arrangement according to claim 2, wherein the filter wheel is a rotating filter wheel having filters for color separation of the light beam into a plurality of colors.
5. In an opto-electronic arrangement according to claim 2, wherein the filter wheel includes a visual spectrum filter for use in black and white reproduction of color originals.
6. In an opto-electronic arrangement according to claim 2, wherein the original is an opaque original and the arrangement includes two shape converters with an associated cylindrical lens being arranged to direct two bands of light on two axes on the same portion of the original at an angle of approximately 45° between the two axes.
7. In an opto-electronic arrangement according to claim 2, which further includes a second cylindrical lens and a diffusing means, said diffusing means being positioned at the focal point of the first mentioned cylindrical lens and the second cylindrical lens being positioned to focus a light passing through the diffusing means into a strip on the original.
8. In an opto-electronic arrangement according to claim 7, which includes a Fresnal lens being arranged adjacent to the second cylindrical lens.
9. In an opto-electronic arrangement according to claim 2, wherein the filter wheel includes filter sets, each set being composed of a dichroitic filter, one or more colored glasses, and a neutral filter wherein the filters are adapted so that for a white or transparent original, the same signal amplitudes are generated in the line of photodiodes for red, green and blue signals in all three color channels.
10. In an opto-electronic arrangement according to claim 2, wherein the photodiode line comprises the length of the scan line and wherein the optical means comprise a GRIN optical fiber.
11. In an opto-electronic arrangement according to claim 2, wherein the optical means comprises a macrolens.
12. In an opto-electronic arrangement for a line-by-line scanning of color originals and reproduction technology by means of a line of photodiodes as an opto-electronic transducer, a light source means for creating a beam of light directed to the original and received by a photodetector, filters being arranged above the photodetectors and integrated with the detectors for separating the light into a plurality of colors, and a shape converter of optical fibers being positioned between the original and the light source and having an input end for receiving the light beam from the source and an output end with the fibers being arranged to form a linear fiber arrangement to direct the light in a line at the line to be scanned the improvements comprising the light source means being a punctiform white light source, a condenser system being arranged to receive the light beam from the light source and forms the beam into a light bundle directed onto an input end of the shape converter, the input end of the converter being fashioned to have an entrance cross section adapted to the cross section of the incoming light bundle from the condenser system, at least one cylindrical lens extending the full length of the linear fiber arrangement and being arranged in the output of the transducer to receive the light from the output of the transducer and to convert it into a line-shaped light strip directed at the colored original and optical means being provided for forming light from the original to impinge on the filter means.
13. In an opto-electronic arrangement according to claim 12, wherein the light source is selected from a group consisting of halogen lamps and Xenon lamps.
14. In an opto-electronic arrangement according to claim 12, wherein the filter includes a visual spectrum filter to provide a black and white reproduction of color originals.
15. In an opto-electronic arrangement according to claim 12, wherein the colored original is an opaque original and said arrangement includes two illumination arrangements for projecting light onto the original in two directions with an angle of 45° between said two directions, each direction forming a scan line coinciding on said original.
16. In an opto-electronic arrangement according to claim 12, which includes a diffuser disk being arranged to receive the light focussed by the cylindrical lens, a second cylindrical lens for focussing the light from the diffuser disk onto the original.
17. In an opto-electronic arrangement according to claim 16, which includes a Fresnal lens being arranged adjacent the second cylindrical lens.
18. In an opto-electronic arrangement according to claim 10, wherein the photodiode line comprises the length of the scan line and the optical means includes GRIN
fiber optics.
fiber optics.
19. In an opto-electronic arrangement according to claim 10, wherein the optical means comprises a macrolens.
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
---|---|---|---|
DEP3614888.1 | 1986-05-02 | ||
DE19863614888 DE3614888A1 (en) | 1986-05-02 | 1986-05-02 | OPTICAL ARRANGEMENT FOR LINEAR LIGHTING OF SCAN TEMPLATES |
Publications (1)
Publication Number | Publication Date |
---|---|
CA1277605C true CA1277605C (en) | 1990-12-11 |
Family
ID=6300022
Family Applications (1)
Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
---|---|---|---|
CA000536147A Expired - Fee Related CA1277605C (en) | 1986-05-02 | 1987-05-01 | Optical arrangement for a line-by-line illumination of scan originals |
Country Status (9)
Country | Link |
---|---|
US (1) | US4821114A (en) |
EP (1) | EP0248204B1 (en) |
JP (1) | JPS62263761A (en) |
CN (1) | CN1010271B (en) |
AT (1) | ATE85176T1 (en) |
AU (1) | AU591275B2 (en) |
CA (1) | CA1277605C (en) |
DE (2) | DE3614888A1 (en) |
SU (1) | SU1743377A3 (en) |
Families Citing this family (67)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
KR920005856B1 (en) * | 1988-04-25 | 1992-07-23 | 소니 가부시기가이샤 | Color picture reading device |
US5058982A (en) * | 1989-06-21 | 1991-10-22 | Orbot Systems Ltd. | Illumination system and inspection apparatus including same |
US5003189A (en) * | 1989-10-10 | 1991-03-26 | Unisys Corp. | Document-imaging illumination with fibre-optic intensity-adjust |
US5109469A (en) * | 1990-11-01 | 1992-04-28 | Itt Corporation | Phosphor screen for correcting luminous non-uniformity and method for making same |
US5268977A (en) * | 1992-07-06 | 1993-12-07 | Miller Jack V | Fiber optic zoom-and-dim pin-spot luminaire |
US5515182A (en) * | 1992-08-31 | 1996-05-07 | Howtek, Inc. | Rotary scanner |
US5513291A (en) * | 1993-10-08 | 1996-04-30 | Origin Medsystems, Inc. | Light source modifications for plastic light fibre compatibility |
US5619373A (en) * | 1995-06-07 | 1997-04-08 | Hasbro, Inc. | Optical system for a head mounted display |
US5777694A (en) * | 1995-06-13 | 1998-07-07 | Texas Instruments Incorporated | Color wheel with plastic film filters |
DE29614692U1 (en) * | 1996-04-30 | 1996-10-24 | Balzers Prozess Systeme Vertri | Color wheel and imaging device with a color wheel |
US5798849A (en) * | 1996-11-05 | 1998-08-25 | Mustek Systems Inc. | Multilevel light source device |
US6069714A (en) | 1996-12-05 | 2000-05-30 | Applied Science Fiction, Inc. | Method and apparatus for reducing noise in electronic film development |
US6017688A (en) | 1997-01-30 | 2000-01-25 | Applied Science Fiction, Inc. | System and method for latent film recovery in electronic film development |
US6512601B1 (en) | 1998-02-23 | 2003-01-28 | Applied Science Fiction, Inc. | Progressive area scan in electronic film development |
GB2357577B (en) * | 1998-06-16 | 2003-08-20 | Orbotech Ltd | Illuminator for inspecting substantially flat surfaces |
US6594041B1 (en) | 1998-11-20 | 2003-07-15 | Applied Science Fiction, Inc. | Log time processing and stitching system |
US6781620B1 (en) | 1999-03-16 | 2004-08-24 | Eastman Kodak Company | Mixed-element stitching and noise reduction system |
US6288815B1 (en) | 1999-03-31 | 2001-09-11 | Philips Electronics North America Corporation | Light scanner with cylindrical lenses |
WO2001001197A1 (en) | 1999-06-29 | 2001-01-04 | Applied Science Fiction, Inc. | Slot coating device for electronic film development |
IL131284A (en) | 1999-08-05 | 2003-05-29 | Orbotech Ltd | Illumination for inspecting surfaces of articles |
EP1232418B1 (en) | 1999-08-17 | 2004-10-13 | Eastman Kodak Company | Method and system for using calibration patches in electronic film processing |
EP1226710A1 (en) | 1999-10-08 | 2002-07-31 | Applied Science Fiction | Method and apparatus for differential illumination image-capturing and defect handling |
AU1962701A (en) | 1999-10-08 | 2001-04-23 | Applied Science Fiction, Inc. | System and method for correcting defects in digital images through selective fill-in from surrounding areas |
WO2001045042A1 (en) * | 1999-12-17 | 2001-06-21 | Applied Science Fiction, Inc. | Method and system for selective enhancement of image data |
US6788335B2 (en) | 1999-12-30 | 2004-09-07 | Eastman Kodak Company | Pulsed illumination signal modulation control & adjustment method and system |
US6965692B1 (en) | 1999-12-30 | 2005-11-15 | Eastman Kodak Company | Method and apparatus for improving the quality of reconstructed information |
US6813392B2 (en) | 1999-12-30 | 2004-11-02 | Eastman Kodak Company | Method and apparatus for aligning multiple scans of the same area of a medium using mathematical correlation |
WO2001052556A2 (en) * | 1999-12-30 | 2001-07-19 | Applied Science Fiction, Inc. | Methods and apparatus for transporting and positioning film in a digital film processing system |
US6864973B2 (en) * | 1999-12-30 | 2005-03-08 | Eastman Kodak Company | Method and apparatus to pre-scan and pre-treat film for improved digital film processing handling |
US6707557B2 (en) | 1999-12-30 | 2004-03-16 | Eastman Kodak Company | Method and system for estimating sensor dark current drift and sensor/illumination non-uniformities |
AU2743701A (en) * | 1999-12-30 | 2001-07-16 | Applied Science Fiction, Inc. | System and method for digital film development using visible light |
US6447178B2 (en) | 1999-12-30 | 2002-09-10 | Applied Science Fiction, Inc. | System, method, and apparatus for providing multiple extrusion widths |
US6461061B2 (en) | 1999-12-30 | 2002-10-08 | Applied Science Fiction, Inc. | System and method for digital film development using visible light |
US20010030685A1 (en) * | 1999-12-30 | 2001-10-18 | Darbin Stephen P. | Method and apparatus for digital film processing using a scanning station having a single sensor |
US6554504B2 (en) | 1999-12-30 | 2003-04-29 | Applied Science Fiction, Inc. | Distributed digital film processing system and method |
US6505977B2 (en) | 1999-12-30 | 2003-01-14 | Applied Science Fiction, Inc. | System and method for digital color dye film processing |
WO2001050192A1 (en) * | 1999-12-31 | 2001-07-12 | Applied Science Fiction, Inc. | Digital film processing method |
US6475711B1 (en) | 1999-12-31 | 2002-11-05 | Applied Science Fiction, Inc. | Photographic element and digital film processing method using same |
US7020344B2 (en) | 2000-02-03 | 2006-03-28 | Eastman Kodak Company | Match blur system and method |
US20010040701A1 (en) * | 2000-02-03 | 2001-11-15 | Edgar Albert D. | Photographic film having time resolved sensitivity distinction |
AU2001236694A1 (en) | 2000-02-03 | 2001-12-17 | Applied Science Fiction | Method and system for self-service film processing |
US6619863B2 (en) | 2000-02-03 | 2003-09-16 | Eastman Kodak Company | Method and system for capturing film images |
WO2001057796A2 (en) | 2000-02-03 | 2001-08-09 | Applied Science Fiction | Method, system, and software for signal processing using pyramidal decomposition |
US6599036B2 (en) | 2000-02-03 | 2003-07-29 | Applied Science Fiction, Inc. | Film processing solution cartridge and method for developing and digitizing film |
US6990251B2 (en) | 2000-02-03 | 2006-01-24 | Eastman Kodak Company | Method, system, and software for signal processing using sheep and shepherd artifacts |
US20060182337A1 (en) * | 2000-06-28 | 2006-08-17 | Ford Benjamin C | Method and apparatus for improving the quality of reconstructed information |
US20020118402A1 (en) * | 2000-09-19 | 2002-08-29 | Shaw Timothy C. | Film bridge for digital film scanning system |
US20020176113A1 (en) * | 2000-09-21 | 2002-11-28 | Edgar Albert D. | Dynamic image correction and imaging systems |
US20020146171A1 (en) * | 2000-10-01 | 2002-10-10 | Applied Science Fiction, Inc. | Method, apparatus and system for black segment detection |
US6888997B2 (en) * | 2000-12-05 | 2005-05-03 | Eastman Kodak Company | Waveguide device and optical transfer system for directing light to an image plane |
EP1360551A2 (en) | 2001-02-09 | 2003-11-12 | Applied Science Fiction, Inc. | Digital film processing solutions and method of digital film processing |
DE10126510A1 (en) * | 2001-05-30 | 2002-12-19 | Knut Schwedler | Radiative energy converter e.g. for conversion into electrical signals, uses continually generated matrix of filters |
US6805501B2 (en) * | 2001-07-16 | 2004-10-19 | Eastman Kodak Company | System and method for digital film development using visible light |
US7263240B2 (en) * | 2002-01-14 | 2007-08-28 | Eastman Kodak Company | Method, system, and software for improving signal quality using pyramidal decomposition |
DE10323193A1 (en) * | 2003-05-22 | 2004-12-23 | Océ Document Technologies GmbH | Device and method for multispectral scanning of a color image template |
KR20060119707A (en) * | 2004-02-13 | 2006-11-24 | 소니 가부시끼 가이샤 | Image processing device, image processing method, and program |
US7530710B2 (en) * | 2006-05-24 | 2009-05-12 | Patent-Treuhand-Gesellschaft für elektrische Glühlampen mbH | Color-tunable illumination system for imaging illumination |
DE102007022606B4 (en) * | 2006-05-24 | 2016-09-22 | Osram Gmbh | Illumination system for imaging illumination with high homogeneity |
DE102007022605B4 (en) | 2006-05-24 | 2018-06-21 | Osram Gmbh | Color-adjustable illumination system for imaging illumination |
US7695164B2 (en) * | 2006-05-24 | 2010-04-13 | Osram Gesellschaft Mit Beschraenkter Haftung | Illumination system for imaging illumination with a high level of homogeneity |
USRE45575E1 (en) | 2007-03-29 | 2015-06-23 | Carl Zeiss Microscopy Gmbh | Optical arrangement for the production of a light-sheet |
DE102007015063B4 (en) | 2007-03-29 | 2019-10-17 | Carl Zeiss Microscopy Gmbh | Optical arrangement for generating a light sheet |
DE102007063274B8 (en) | 2007-12-20 | 2022-12-15 | Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg | microscope |
US8113702B2 (en) * | 2008-04-30 | 2012-02-14 | Carestream Health, Inc. | Variable condenser for delivery of illumination including recursively nested circle to-line fiber optic converter cable |
CN103511924B (en) * | 2013-09-12 | 2016-03-30 | 北京理工大学 | A kind of LED even light source for linear CCD imaging |
CN113960804B (en) * | 2021-10-21 | 2023-08-08 | 四川大学 | Continuous spectrum color temperature synthesis device and synthesis method |
US11852464B2 (en) * | 2021-12-20 | 2023-12-26 | Mloptic Corp. | Chromatic confocal sensor with imaging capability for 6-axis spatial allocation calibration |
Family Cites Families (21)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
GB1008337A (en) * | 1963-04-10 | 1965-10-27 | Muirhead & Co Ltd | Improvements in or relating to facsimile telegraph apparatus |
CH494510A (en) * | 1968-07-31 | 1970-07-31 | Setalec S A | Method and apparatus for decomposing color images for television |
US3717531A (en) * | 1971-03-31 | 1973-02-20 | American Optical Corp | Method and apparatus for making fused bundles of energy-conducting fibers |
DE2141364C3 (en) * | 1971-08-18 | 1981-02-19 | Sulzer Morat Gmbh, 7024 Filderstadt | Method and device for recognizing the color of an original |
US3721828A (en) * | 1971-10-29 | 1973-03-20 | Us Army | Optical image scanner utilizing variable index of refraction fiber optics |
JPS52123625A (en) * | 1976-04-09 | 1977-10-18 | Ricoh Co Ltd | Focusing optical system for electrophotographic copier |
US4220978A (en) * | 1977-07-08 | 1980-09-02 | Burroughs Corporation | Electro-optical document reader |
JPS5482644U (en) * | 1977-11-22 | 1979-06-12 | ||
US4278995A (en) * | 1979-08-20 | 1981-07-14 | Eastman Kodak Company | Color line sensor for use in film scanning apparatus |
DE2952209C2 (en) * | 1979-12-22 | 1984-03-15 | Dr.-Ing. Rudolf Hell Gmbh, 2300 Kiel | Arrangement for point-by-point and line-by-line recording of image information |
DD157286A1 (en) * | 1980-02-01 | 1982-10-27 | Udo Brandt | ARRANGEMENT FOR COLOR IDENTIFICATION WHEN CHECKING GRAPHICAL TEMPLATES |
DE3004717C2 (en) * | 1980-02-08 | 1986-03-27 | Agfa-Gevaert Ag, 5090 Leverkusen | Device for the electronic scanning of objects to be recorded |
JPS57143683A (en) * | 1981-03-02 | 1982-09-04 | Toshiba Corp | Drop-out color detecting device |
DE3118458C2 (en) * | 1981-05-09 | 1984-11-22 | Dr.-Ing. Rudolf Hell Gmbh, 2300 Kiel | Light receiving device |
US4409477A (en) * | 1981-06-22 | 1983-10-11 | Sanders Associates, Inc. | Scanning optical system |
JPS5830271A (en) * | 1981-08-18 | 1983-02-22 | Fuji Xerox Co Ltd | Multicolor lighting device for original |
JPS5830272A (en) * | 1981-08-18 | 1983-02-22 | Fuji Xerox Co Ltd | Fixed platen type original multicolor reader |
US4560235A (en) * | 1982-09-22 | 1985-12-24 | Honeywell Inc. | Fiber optic condenser for an optical imaging system |
ATE15740T1 (en) * | 1982-10-09 | 1985-10-15 | Hell Rudolf Dr Ing Gmbh | METHOD AND ELECTRICALLY CONTROLLABLE SCANNING DEVICE FOR MOIRE-FREE SCANNING OF SCREENED ORIGINALS. |
DE3239492C2 (en) * | 1982-10-26 | 1986-06-12 | Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., 8000 München | Scanning device for image processing equipment, in particular facsimile machines |
DE8526934U1 (en) * | 1985-09-20 | 1987-12-23 | Dr.-Ing. Rudolf Hell Gmbh, 2300 Kiel, De |
-
1986
- 1986-05-02 DE DE19863614888 patent/DE3614888A1/en not_active Withdrawn
-
1987
- 1987-04-28 EP EP87106139A patent/EP0248204B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1987-04-28 AT AT87106139T patent/ATE85176T1/en not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1987-04-28 DE DE8787106139T patent/DE3783804D1/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1987-04-30 SU SU874202495A patent/SU1743377A3/en active
- 1987-04-30 AU AU72262/87A patent/AU591275B2/en not_active Ceased
- 1987-05-01 JP JP62106497A patent/JPS62263761A/en active Pending
- 1987-05-01 US US07/044,609 patent/US4821114A/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1987-05-01 CA CA000536147A patent/CA1277605C/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1987-05-02 CN CN87103566.9A patent/CN1010271B/en not_active Expired
Also Published As
Publication number | Publication date |
---|---|
CN87103566A (en) | 1988-03-09 |
AU7226287A (en) | 1987-11-05 |
DE3614888A1 (en) | 1987-11-05 |
ATE85176T1 (en) | 1993-02-15 |
US4821114A (en) | 1989-04-11 |
SU1743377A3 (en) | 1992-06-23 |
DE3783804D1 (en) | 1993-03-11 |
CN1010271B (en) | 1990-10-31 |
EP0248204B1 (en) | 1993-01-27 |
AU591275B2 (en) | 1989-11-30 |
EP0248204A2 (en) | 1987-12-09 |
EP0248204A3 (en) | 1990-05-09 |
JPS62263761A (en) | 1987-11-16 |
Similar Documents
Publication | Publication Date | Title |
---|---|---|
CA1277605C (en) | Optical arrangement for a line-by-line illumination of scan originals | |
US6856457B2 (en) | Single and multi-aperture, translationally-coupled confocal microscope | |
KR0180794B1 (en) | Video projection system | |
US4713683A (en) | Illuminating and synchronizing device for color imaging equipment | |
JP6189839B2 (en) | Laser scanning microscope with illumination array | |
US4558357A (en) | Color image reading method and apparatus | |
SU1303048A3 (en) | Light-receiving device for point and line optoelectronic readout of transparent and non-transparent originals with light beam | |
EP0451235A1 (en) | Illumination system for a film scanner. | |
US4541688A (en) | Optical beam splitters | |
US5319490A (en) | Helmet mounted display including synchronously moving tilted mechanisms | |
US4634857A (en) | Imaging arrangement for scanning using stationary optics | |
US4427284A (en) | Adjustment means for fiber optic illuminator | |
JPH03113961A (en) | Picture reader | |
US4500918A (en) | Original reading apparatus | |
US6535271B1 (en) | Exposure apparatus | |
US6890079B2 (en) | Method of manufacturing different types of image display apparatuses and image display apparatus manufactured by the method | |
EP0099625B1 (en) | Image transmission devices | |
EP0040716A1 (en) | Image multiplexing device | |
US4566766A (en) | Image transmission devices | |
JPH11261763A (en) | Image reader | |
JPS5871763A (en) | Solid-state color picture input device | |
EP0281688A1 (en) | Colour-scanning method and apparatus | |
JPS62171268A (en) | Picture input device | |
SU763836A1 (en) | Scanning device for identifying straight lines and image edges | |
JPH01276962A (en) | Optical original reader |
Legal Events
Date | Code | Title | Description |
---|---|---|---|
MKLA | Lapsed |