Light wave distance measuring instrument of the pulse type

Details Light wave distance measuring instrument of the pulse type Light wave distance measuring instrument of the pulse type

1989-12-20

1991-10-08

Hellner, Mark

Optics: measuring and testing

Range or remote distance finding

With photodetection

G01C 308

Patent

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050549111

ABSTRACT:
A light wave distance measuring instrument uses a light receiving diode for receiving both light from a light source diode coupled via an internal light passage and light from the light source diode coupled via an external light passage. A beam splitter separates light pulses from a single source diode to supply light pulses for both internal and external passages. A reference signal is sampled using detected signals representing the timing of received internal reference light pulses and external measurement light pulses to provide first and second signals with phase difference representing measured distance. These signals are processed in a CPU for calculating distance with reduced errors due to frequency drift. By introducing an optical fiber delay medium, reflected light pulses are separated in time from the internal reference pulses so that these pulses can be used directly for differential time determination purposes and the measurement of distances to objects close to the measuring instrument is made possible.

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