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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:
May. 03, 1988
Filed:
Nov. 10, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Donald J Strittmatter, Tucson, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Hughes Aircraft Company, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
356124 ; 356125 ;
Abstract
An apparatus (10) for measuring the magnification power of a magnifying aid (14) is disclosed. The apparatus (10) includes an optical system (12) having an objective lens (34) focused at infinity on a reticle. The reticle (20) is positioned in the line of sight of the optical system (12). The reticle (20) is precalibrated such that the magnification power of a magnifying aid (14) may be determined. Also, disclosed is a method of calibrating the optical system (12) and a method of measuring the magnification power of a magnifying aid (14).