ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,733, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Precitec Optronik GmbH (Germany).
"Chromatic confocal measuring device" was invented by Christoph Dietz (Obertshausen, Germany), Philipp Rohrmann (Neu-Isenburg, Germany) and Stephan Weiss (Rodgau, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical measuring device includes a measuring head with an imaging optical unit and an evaluation unit, wherein the measuring head is connected to the evaluation unit by way of two light-guiding fibers, wherein the evaluation unit includes a light source whose light is guided through the first light-guiding fiber into the measuring head and wherein light refle...