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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
May. 13, 2014
Applicant:
Vega Grieshaber KG, Wolfach, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
VEGA GRIESHABER KG, Wolfach, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/58 (2006.01); G01S 13/02 (2006.01); G01F 23/284 (2006.01); G01S 13/42 (2006.01); G01S 13/88 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/02 (2013.01); G01F 23/284 (2013.01); G01S 13/42 (2013.01); G01S 13/88 (2013.01);
Abstract
For determining the topology of a bulk material surface, a series of echo curves are detected in different primary radiation directions of the antenna. Subsequently, for each distance cell of the echo curves, the maximum of all of the echo curves is determined and the distance thereof is plotted as a function of the coordinates thereof so as to obtain an image of the topology of the bulk material surface in two or three dimensions.