Optical velocity measuring apparatus of non-contact measurement

Optics: measuring and testing – Velocity or velocity/height measuring – With light detector

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356 4, G01P 336

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ABSTRACT:
An optical velocity measuring apparatus applicable to measurement of the velocity of a vehicle relative to the road. A pair of light sensors mounted on the bottom of the vehicle body spaced from each other in a direction of the movement of the vehicle respectively receive rays of light reflected from different spots on the road through an optical system and produce electric signals indicative of the surface conditions of the spots. A time lag from the detection of a particular spot by the forward light sensor until the backward light sensor detects the same spot is measured to determine the velocity of the vehicle. The optical system is comprised of first and second lenses each having a peripheral portion cut away by a plane parallel to the optical axis. The first and second lenses are aligned so that the cut away faces are in contact with each other and that the optical axes are in parallel to and spaced a predetermined distance from each other.

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