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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2004
Dale H. Buermann, Los Altos, CA (US);
Michael J. Mandella, San Jose, CA (US);
Dale H. Buermann, Los Altos, CA (US);
Michael J. Mandella, San Jose, CA (US);
Electronics Scripting Products, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
An elongate object optically determines at least one of its orientation parameters relative to a plane surface. A probe radiation beam is directed from the object at various angles σ to various locations on the plane, where the angle σ is a periodic function of time. Two angularly-selective radiation detectors oriented at fixed angles τand τsense scattered portions of the beam from two locations at two corresponding times. The orientation parameter is computed from a time difference Δt=t−tbetween the two times.