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Method of decoding encoded relative spectral data

US5004910A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 4, 1989
Grant dateApr 2, 1991
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Expiry dateAug 4, 2009

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01D5/34792
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method of decoding spectral data that has been encoding by modulation of a spectrum of light to produce data bits from a source using on/off and off/on transitions to represent each data bit. A start data bit with a constant width precedes each segment of light representing the data bits. The intersection of the output of spectral detectors and a hysteresis curve determines a transition through which information is obtained from the encoded data.

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