Abstract:
In the measuring device (1 ) and measuring method according to the invention, confocal measuring principle is utilized. A certain component of an optical measurement signal is, from the point of view of both illumination and imaging, in focus only at one point on the virtual measuring surface (3). In the measuring device, the surface (2a) to be measured always hits a common focus point of the illumination and imaging, whereby a reflection is generated. The reflected optical signal is direct to a detector (13) belonging to the imaging means, where one picture element of the detector corresponds a certain focus point, respectively. The optical efficiency received by each picture element is indicated. The light reflecting from the intersection of the virtual measuring surface (3) and the surface (2a) of the object (2) produces an intensity maximum for the detector. This maximum point is indicated and converted in the imaging unit (13) into the height of the surface (2a) of the object (2). By means of the intensity distribution measured in the vicinity of this maximum point further the optical reflection characteristics of the surface can be determined.
Abstract:
In the measuring device (1 ) and measuring method according to the invention, confocal measuring principle is utilized. A certain component of an optical measurement signal is, from the point of view of both illumination and imaging, in focus only at one point on the virtual measuring surface (3). In the measuring device, the surface (2a) to be measured always hits a common focus point of the illumination and imaging, whereby a reflection is generated. The reflected optical signal is direct to a detector (13) belonging to the imaging means, where one picture element of the detector corresponds a certain focus point, respectively. The optical efficiency received by each picture element is indicated. The light reflecting from the intersection of the virtual measuring surface (3) and the surface (2a) of the object (2) produces an intensity maximum for the detector. This maximum point is indicated and converted in the imaging unit (13) into the height of the surface (2a) of the object (2). By means of the intensity distribution measured in the vicinity of this maximum point further the optical reflection characteristics of the surface can be determined.