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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:
Dec. 17, 1991
Filed:
Sep. 19, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Copal Company Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
25023114 ; 25023116 ; 2502 / ; 356374 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for optically detecting displacement. The light source is provided for emitting a coherent primary light. A displacement member is disposed to undergo a displacement transversely of the primary light to receive the primary light on its face. The displacement member has on its face a diffractive pattern effective to diffract the primary light and a holographic lens pattern effective to converge the primary light to thereby convert the primary light into a secondary light. A detector is receptive of the secondary light to detect optically the displacement of the displacement member.