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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:
Oct. 05, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2008
Applicant:
Raymond Joseph Castonguay, Tucson, AZ (US);
Inventor:
Raymond Joseph Castonguay, Tucson, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Engineering Synthesis Design, Inc., Tucson, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An optical measuring apparatus for measuring 3D surface profiles of an object comprising, in combination: a linear detector array; an imaging system including a light source to image the object onto the detector array; and machine readable software for producing a 3D topology map from a 2D image, wherein the apparatus is calibrated by changing the optical focus distance between the detector array and the object for the purpose of 3D measurement calibration, and changing the relative lateral positions between the detector array and the object for the purpose of scanning the object's surface.