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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2017
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Scott Adams, Milan, MI (US);
Tony Misovski, Oxford, MI (US);
Mark Edward Nichols, Saline, MI (US);
Marina Menendez Baker, Southgate, MI (US);
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A system for measuring a coating thickness on a target surface includes a terahertz spectroscopy device and a reference image projector. The terahertz spectroscopy device includes a radiation head that is operable to project a terahertz radiation beam onto the target surface and receive a reflected beam. The reference image projector includes a visible light device and is operable to project a reference image using the visible light device onto the target surface. A visual characteristic of the reference image indicates at least one of distance, rotational alignment, and angular alignment of the radiation head relative to the target surface.