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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:
Aug. 06, 1985
Filed:
Sep. 28, 1982
John M McLauchlan, Pasadena, CA (US);
John AuYeung, Alhambra, CA (US);
Eldred F Tubbs, Claremont, CA (US);
Willis C Goss, Altadena, CA (US);
Demetri Psaltis, Altadena, CA (US);
Abstract
A system is described for measuring the distance to an object by comparing a first component (18) of a light pulse that is reflected off the object (14), with a second component (20) of the light pulse that passes along a reference path (26) of known length, which provides great accuracy with a relatively simple and rugged design. The reference path (26) can be changed in precise steps so that is has an equivalent length approximately equal to the path length of the light pulse component that is reflected from the object. The resulting small difference in path lengths can be precisely determined by directing the light pulse components into opposite ends of a detector (70) formed of a material that emits a second harmonic light output at the locations where the opposite-going pulses pass simultaneously across one another.
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