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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:
Jul. 23, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 29, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Dennis J Wilwerding, Littleton, CO (US);
Assignee:
Honeywell Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36457102 ; 364525 ; 354402 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for correcting errors in an optical measurement system utilizing a lens which may have distortions that would vary as a function of distance, by providing an encoded indication of the distortions of the lens for use by the system operator together with distance information to input a microprocessor and modify the signal from the detectors in the system to produce an accurate output.