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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 1992
Filed:
Jan. 10, 1989
Muhammed I Sezan, Rochester, NY (US);
Ralph Schaetzing, Pittsford, NY (US);
William E Moore, Macedon, NY (US);
Lee F Frank, Rochester, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A phototimer for controlling x-ray exposure includes an array of x-ray sensors, and digital processing electronics for calculating x-ray exposure by selecting one or more signals from the x-ray sensors, and calculating the x-ray exposure from the selected signals. After calculating the x-ray exposure, the calculated exposure is employed to control the x-ray exposure either by displaying the calculated exposure to an operator who compares the calculated exposure with a desired exposure and repeats the exposure if necessary, or by automatically terminating the exposure by sending a control signal to the x-ray source. The improvement in the state of x-ray phototimer technology resides in the automatic selection of a subset of signals from a plurality of photosensors, thereby improving the reliability of the measurement. In prior art devices, the signals from a plurality of sensors were either selected manually by a switch, or all employed in a predetermined algorithm.