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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:
Feb. 12, 1991
Filed:
Feb. 13, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph M Geary, Las Cruces, NM (US);
Charles G Hull-Allen, Jupiter, FL (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
356446 ; 25022729 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for measuring scattered light reflectance. The apparatus comprises a plurality of individual light transmitting fibers having first receiving ends positioned at different angular locations about an object to be tested and second exiting ends positioned in a linear array. The apparatus can simultaneously receive different angular components of scattered light from the object being tested and convert the scattered light components into a linear array.