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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. 03, 1996
Filed:
Oct. 11, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Narender K Bhardwaj, San Diego, CA (US);
Boris Glezer, Del Mar, CA (US);
Kenneth H Maden, Coronado, CA (US);
Sheldon Smilo, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Solar Turbines Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01K / ; G01K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
374137 ; 374162 ; 382100 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for producing a temperature profile of a part operating within a machine is provided. The machine is operated with the part for a predetermined period of time. The part is placed in a light box in which a camera produces an image of the part. The image is compared with a standard set of colors and the standard color most closely corresponding to each pixel of the image is selected.