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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2005
Filed:
May. 04, 2001
Billy R. Masten, Shallowater, TX (US);
Billy R. Masten, Shallowater, TX (US);
Masten Opto-Diagnostics Co., Lubbock, TX (US);
Abstract
A high speed, low cost, wide spectrum light scanning and sensor unit () for receiving reflected light from an object and diffracting the light into segments of wavelengths and a linear sensor array () having elements positioned to receive the segments and to measure the relative magnitude of such segments to define a spectral distribution of the object together with a digital identifier-controller () connected to said sensing device and having a memory for memorizing a spectral distribution of light representing a first standard object, and additional memory for receiving a spectral distributions of other objects and programmable logic circuitry containing a program for determining the similarity between the standard object and the other objects.