Land vehicles – Wheeled – Articulated vehicle
Patent
1987-09-17
1988-11-29
Nelms, David C.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Articulated vehicle
356 4, G01N 2186, G01V 904
Patent
active
047884410
ABSTRACT:
A target has leading and trailing edges which are boundaries between a retroreflector and a non-retroreflector. The target is used in target determining apparatus for distance, width, azimuth, gauging, profiling, object detection, and particular target identification. A laser light source scans along a scanning path across the target. The retroreflector reflects light back toward the scanning means where it is received in a photoreceptor to determine the angles of the target edges. The distance to the target and the width are inversely proportional to the length of time that the light beam scans across the target. The laser light also scans across a reference point and the length of time between this reference point and the reflection from the target is directly proportional to the azimuthal position of the target relative to the reference. Further, the target may include a plurality of reflective and non-reflective strips transverse to the scanning path to establish binary indicia on the target. This results in a series of pulses from the photoreceptor as the beam scans the width of the target. This information is then decoded to determine the binary indicia and hence identify that particular target. The foregoing abstract is merely a resume of one general application, is not a complete discussion of all principles of operation or applications, and is not to be construed as a limitation on the scope of the claimed subject matter.
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Acme-Cleveland Corporation
Nelms David C.
Oen William L.
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