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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 1988
Filed:
Sep. 03, 1986
Aminadav Livnat, Arad, IL;
Oded Kafri, Beer-Sheva, IL;
The State of Israel, Atomic Energy Commission, Beer Sheva, IL;
Abstract
A Moire system for linear measurement of an unknown distance defined by two surfaces, a collimated light source, a first grating between light source and the surfaces, a second grating positioned to receive collimated light from the surfaces after the light has reached the surfaces from the first grating, the first and second gratings being rotated relative to each other by a small angle .theta., a screen located after the second grating for receiving Moire patterns caused by the first and second gratings, and a mechanism for shifting the patterns as a function of the unknown distance whereby measurements of the amount of shifting is determinative of the unknown distance.