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Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 1995

Filed:

May. 17, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:

Richard B Holmes, Woodland Hills, CA (US);

Assignee:

Rockwell International Corporation, Seal Beach, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01P / ; G01C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
356 28 ; 356-401 ; 356358 ; 356362 ;
Abstract

The passive wind profilometer measures wind transverse to a line of sight as a function of range. Schlieren which are natural occurrences in wind act as refracting lenses which move along with the wind. The patches of refracted light are detected by use of a light-intensity-sensitive television. camera and a microprocessor. The range of the schlieren are determined from the scale size of the refracted patches of light. The microprocessor, using a specific algorithm for processing the light intensity data, then statistically compares the positions of the schlieren at different times to determine the wind velocity.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Holmes, Richard. (1995). Passive optical wind profilometer (U.S. Patent No. 5469250). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/5469250

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