Method and apparatus for remote detection and thickness measurem

Details Method and apparatus for remote detection and thickness measurem Method and apparatus for remote detection and thickness measurem

1995-01-17

1996-07-30

Evans, F. L.

Optics: measuring and testing

By configuration comparison

With photosensitive film or plate

340582, G01B 1106

Patent

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055417337

ABSTRACT:
There is described a method and apparatus for detection and thickness evaluation of a buildup of a solid, e.g. ice, or liquid on a solid surface, such as ice on a body of an aircraft. The apparatus comprises a source of a narrow beam of radiation and a means for remote evaluation of the size of a luminous area created on the solid surface by the beam. The method of the invention involves measuring the size of the luminous area and determining the thickness of any built-up layer, if sufficiently transparent, using a formula which uses the dependency of the size of the luminous are on the thickness of the layer and the refraction index of the medium. Differentiation between ice and a liquid is possible by evaluating regularity of illumination of the luminous area.

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patent: 5400144 (1995-03-01), Gagnon

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