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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2018
Applicants:
Michael Gostein, Austin, TX (US);
William Stueve, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Michael Gostein, Austin, TX (US);
William Stueve, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02S 50/15 (2014.01); G01N 21/94 (2006.01); H02S 40/10 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02S 50/15 (2014.12); G01N 21/94 (2013.01); H02S 40/10 (2014.12);
Abstract
A device comprising a transparent window, an imaging unit, and a computing element coupled to said imaging unit, wherein said device is configured to allow soiling particles to accumulate on a surface of said transparent window, said imaging unit is configured to capture an image of said surface, and said computing element is configured to perform analysis of said image to determine a soiling level of said transparent window. Additionally, a method of performing said analysis.