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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:
Feb. 24, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael E. Dobbs, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
D. Allan Roberts, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Assignee:
ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 3/28 ; G01N 2/117 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 3/28 ; G01N 2/117 ;
Abstract
A remote platform obtaining a spectrum of one or more locations by moving the platform to sequentially illuminating the locations with different wavelengths of radiation. The different wavelengths of radiation reflected from the locations may be sequentially detected and converted into data. Spectra of the locations may be assembled from the data that was sequentially collected as the platform moved.