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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.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 1994

Filed:

Jun. 16, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:

Kazuhiro Makino, Osaka, JP;

Assignee:

Keyence Corporation, Osaka, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
356446 ; 356445 ; 356375 ; 356376 ; 356429 ; 2503411 ; 250353 ;
Abstract

A luster detector arranged such that an output light beam of an LED is applied to a surface through a light projecting lens as an irradiating light beam having a predetermined width. Rays of light reflected from the surface are applied through a condenser lens to a line sensor. Of the rays of light reflected from the surface, the rays of light reflected regularly form a light spot on a light detecting section extending in the longitudinal direction of the light detecting section. Hence, even if the light receiving position is shifted, the light detecting operation is positively achieved. A detecting circuit determines the light reception distribution of the sensor to detect the luster of the surface.


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