Image analysis – Applications
Reexamination Certificate
2004-07-20
2008-12-09
Tabatabai, Abolfazl (Department: 2624)
Image analysis
Applications
C356S436000, C239S692000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07463751
ABSTRACT:
A spray data acquisition system includes a pumping device responsive to an applied force to generate an aerosol spray plume along a spray axis. The system further includes a spray pump actuator that is capable of controlling the pumping force and the duration of the aerosol spray plume produced by the pumping device. The system also includes an illumination device that illuminates the aerosol spray plume along at least one first geometric plane that intersects the aerosol spray plume. The system further includes an imaging device that acquires data representative of an interaction between the illumination and the aerosol spray plume along at least one geometric plane.
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