Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical device (229) for forming a light beam, which optical device comprises a lens (330) having a top section (331) configured to receive light emitted by a light source (220), a bottom section (332) configured to allow the received light to exit the lens, and a plurality of side sections (333) stretching from the top section to the bottom section. The plurality of side sections enclose the lens and are adapted to reflect and refract incident rays of the received light. A cross-section (334) of the lens, in a plane perpendicular to a center axis (338) stretching from the top section to the bottom section, has the shape of a polygon, which polygon is oriented in a length-wise direction (335) and in a transversal direction (336) being perpendicular to each other. Furthermore, the lens is adapted such that the received light exits the lens as a light beam formed to an elongated shape (5) at a predetermined distance (4) from the optical device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical device (229) for forming a light beam, which optical device comprises a lens (330) having a top section (331) configured to receive light emitted by a light source (220), a bottom section (332) configured to allow the received light to exit the lens, and a plurality of side sections (333) stretching from the top section to the bottom section. The plurality of side sections enclose the lens and are adapted to reflect and refract incident rays of the received light. A cross-section (334) of the lens, in a plane perpendicular to a centre axis (338) stretching from the top section to the bottom section, has the shape of a polygon, which polygon is oriented in a length-wise direction (335) and in a transversal direction (336) being perpendicular to each other. Furthermore, the lens is adapted such that the received light exits the lens as a light beam formed to an elongated shape (5) at a predetermined distance (4) from the optical device.

Abstract: An illumination system for illuminating an object (1) arranged in the vicinity of the illumination system. The illumination system comprises a plurality of light emitters (R, G, B) arranged along a line for emitting light substantially away from the object. A complex-shape reflector (11) is arranged in the vicinity of the plurality of light emitters for reflecting light emitted by the plurality of light emitters towards the object. In operation, light emitted by the plurality of light emitters only reaches the object via the complex-shape reflector. The complex-shape reflector is designed to obtain a substantially homogenous illumination of the object. Preferably, a characteristic dimension dle of the light emitters and a distance der between the light emitters and the complex-shape reflector meet the following relation: Formula (I).

Abstract: The invention relates to an objective system (39) which is suitable for use in an optical scanning device (15). The lens system (39) comprises a first lens, or objective lens (45), and a second lens, or auxiliary lens (47), which are mounted in fixed positions in a lens holder (61). The objective lens comprises more than one half of a first spherical lens body (67) having a first diameter (D1) and the auxiliary lens comprises more than one half of a second spherical lens body (69) having a second diameter (D2) which is smaller than the first diameter. The objective lens and the auxiliary lens are surrounded by a first circular-cylindrical inner wall (83) and a second circular-cylindrical inner wall (85), respectively, of the lens holder, having a diameter which is substantially equal to the first and the second diameter, respectively. The inner walls can be provided in the lens holder in very accurate coaxial positions by use of conventional tools.