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Method and apparatus for determining the position and the configuration of an object under observation

US5383026A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 23, 1992
Grant dateJan 17, 1995
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Expiry dateApr 23, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01B11/24
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention permits determination of the position and/or the configuration of an object by impinging a laser light beam onto the object in a light scattering medium, and detecting the trace of a scattered light beam, by cameras.

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