Optics: measuring and testing – By polarized light examination – With light attenuation
Patent
1992-03-09
1994-02-22
Rosenberger, Richard A.
Optics: measuring and testing
By polarized light examination
With light attenuation
356434, 250561, G01B 1114, G01N 2186
Patent
active
052892620
ABSTRACT:
The invention is a media positioning system for determining the position of the media relative to reference positions thereof in a media transporter in which media having opposed faces is transported along a path of a track including a spatially varying pattern on the media, the alignment system including a light sensor having a light-sensitive surface facing one face of the media in at least approximate registration with the track, the light-sensitive surface including plural sections, the sensor producing plural signals at an output thereof proportional to the intensity of light impinging on respective ones of the plural sections of the light-sensitive surface, a light source facing the other face of the media and directing a beam of light through the media onto the light-sensitive surface, whereby the plural signals vary as a function of the spatially varying pattern of the track as the media is transported along the path of the track, and signal detection and logic apparatus for converting the plural signals of the light sensor to a pair of Cartesian coordinate positions of the media.
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CalComp Inc.
Pham Hoa Q.
Porter, Jr. Wm. F.
Rosenberger Richard A.
Streck Donald A.
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