Optics: measuring and testing – Range or remote distance finding – With photodetection
Patent
1988-03-18
1990-02-13
Buczinski, Stephen C.
Optics: measuring and testing
Range or remote distance finding
With photodetection
356376, G01C 300, G01B 1124
Patent
active
049001469
ABSTRACT:
Multiple light detection channels are introduced into a flying spot optical triangulation ranging system to increase the speed of acquiring range values. A laser beam is rapidly swept across a surface by a beam deflector. Each fiber optic channel can receive light only from a different point along a line at the intersection of the swept beam with the surface. The receiver channels are duplicated and separate detectors generate signal pulses at times that are a function of range to the surface. These are processed in parallel to calculate N range values per beam sweep, where N is the number of channels.
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Corby Jr. Nelson R.
Irwin Nancy H.
Penney Carl M.
Buczinski Stephen C.
Davis Jr. James C.
General Electric Company
Steckler Henry I.
Webb II Paul R.
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