Patent · US Expired

Method of forming moire contour lines

US4102577A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 4, 1977
Grant dateJul 25, 1978
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Expiry dateJan 4, 1997

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01B11/254
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A light beam is periodically chopped and then converted to a plane of light by a cylindrical lens. As the plane of light is chopped, it is caused to scan an object in the direction normal to the plane of the light to form a grating pattern on the object. The image of the grating formed on the object is superposed with a standard grating to obtain a moire pattern which represents the moire contour lines of the object.

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