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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:
Sep. 05, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 24, 1998
Garry Wayne Dunnegan, Wichita, KS (US);
Svetlozar Kovatchev, Derby, KS (US);
Northstar Automotive Glass, Inc., Wichita, KS (US);
Abstract
The windshield scanning system of the present invention includes a windshield scanner apparatus, a general purpose digital computer and an output device. The windshield scanner apparatus further includes a scanner which is adapted to crawl across a large portion of a windshield surface. The general purpose computer is programmed to receive scanner image data and analyze representative samples of the scanner image data to determine either the general surface condition of the windshield or the surface condition given by the worst sample. The computer output device is used to display the results of the analysis.