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Device for detecting the position of an object

US4425043A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 13, 1981
Grant dateJan 10, 1984
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Expiry dateJul 13, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01D5/30
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A device is described for detecting the position of an object, which device comprises a radiation source, beam-splitting prism, and a detection system comprising a plurality of radiation-sensitive detectors. The object to whose position is to be measured carries only the prism, and each detector is divided into a plurality of subdetectors. The device enables changes in both position and inclination of the object to be measured.

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