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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. 06, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 05, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Fang Chen, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Anthony M Waas, Saline, MI (US);
Everett You-Ming Kuo, Troy, MI (US);
Howard Kiel Plummer, Jr, Dearborn, MI (US);
Thomas Eugene Allen, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
356 32 ; 73800 ;
Abstract
A strain gauge includes an image sensing device having a lens, a magnification lens optically coupled to the lens, a positioning mechanism connected to the image sensing device, an image capture device for receiving an image from the image sensing device, and a processor for mathematically analyzing the image received from the image capture device and to calculate strain.