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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. 07, 1991
Filed:
Apr. 27, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Vincent Michoud, Paris, FR;
Gerard Beigbeder, Paris, FR;
Assignee:
Thomson CSF, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
340583 ; 2441 / ; 340962 ;
Abstract
A source sends light towards a receiver through an optical channel, a part of which has an interface with the external environment. The light that reaches this interface is reflected towards the receiver when the external environment is in contact with air and is refracted towards the external environment in the presence of water or ice. In streaming down the interface, the rain creates a modulation, not created by ice, in the signal of the receiver. The circuits downline of the receiver search for this modulation to determine whether the modifications of the signal of the receiver are due to rain or to ice.