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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. 29, 1989
Filed:
Nov. 10, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert N West, Chislehurst, GB;
Assignee:
SIRA Limited, Chislehurst, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; G01N / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
356445 ; 356237 ; 356446 ;
Abstract
An optical inspection system for determining various features of, for example, painted surfaces, by analyzing light reflected from the surface in a plurality of ways. In one case the cross sectional diameter of a beam of radiation, which gives information regarding the surface, is measured by passing the beam through a filter means (104) having transmissive and absorptive portions (107,108), the arcuate width at each radial distance from the optical axis (100) being such that there is a predetermined relationship between the diameter of the beam and the amount of radiation passed by the filter.