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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:
Mar. 03, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2006
Applicants:
Francis M. Migda, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Jacob Braslaw, Somerset, NJ (US);
John Purcell, Livonia, MI (US);
Inventors:
Francis M. Migda, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Jacob Braslaw, Somerset, NJ (US);
John Purcell, Livonia, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 3/00 (2006.01); G01B 5/00 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The embodiments described herein include a system and method for measuring a surface appearance of a surface. An appearance sensor is positionable about a surface and is configured to measure the surface appearance. A surface relationship sensor senses the distance between the appearance sensor and the surface. The appearance sensor is then positioned about the surface based on the sensed distance.