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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2016
Applicant:
Hrl Laboratories, Llc, Malibu, CA (US);
Inventors:
Daniel Yap, Newbury Park, CA (US);
Brian Neff, Solana Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
HRL Laboratories, LLC, Malibu, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 3/10 (2006.01); G01J 3/02 (2006.01); G01J 3/42 (2006.01); G01N 21/39 (2006.01); G01N 21/35 (2014.01); G01N 21/94 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 3/108 (2013.01); G01J 3/0208 (2013.01); G01J 3/42 (2013.01); G01N 21/35 (2013.01); G01N 21/39 (2013.01); G01N 21/94 (2013.01); G01J 2003/102 (2013.01); G01N 2021/399 (2013.01); G01N 2201/067 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sensor includes a plurality of transmitter units, a photodetector, and an optical system coupled to the plurality of transmitter units and the photodetector. Each of the transmitter units simultaneously transmits a light beam having a plurality of wavelengths, the optical system directs the light beam from each of the transmitter units onto a same illuminated spot on a probed surface, and the optical system collects light from the same illuminated spot and directs the light to the photodetector.