Light detection system and method of using same

US10488249B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY · US

Inventors

• Fusu Thao · Cottage Grove, US
• Giuseppe M. Bommarito · Stillwater, US
• Thomas E. Dewey · Hudson, US
• Kathleen M. Stenersen · River Falls, US
• Beth A. Fritcher · White Bear Lake, US
• Stephen R. Alexander · Columbia, US
• Phillip A. Bolea · Elbow Lake, US
• Michele A. Waldner · Minneapolis, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 26, 2016
• Grant date: Nov 26, 2019
• Expiry date: Feb 26, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N2201/0646
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Various embodiments of a light detection device and a method of using such device are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the light detection device can include a housing including a top surface and a bottom surface, where the housing extends along a housing axis between the top surface and the bottom surface; and a support member connected to the housing and adapted to be selectively moved from a closed position to an open position. The support member is further adapted to maintain the light detection device in an upright position when the bottom surface and the support member are in contact with a working surface and the support member is in the open position.