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Physical quantity detecting apparatus and internal combustion engine control apparatus each utilizing optical fiber

US5693936A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 26, 1994
Grant dateDec 2, 1997
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Expiry dateApr 26, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01L23/16
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A physical quantity detecting apparatus comprises at least one optical fiber, at least one light emitting means for emitting an incident light beam on the optical fiber, at least one light receiving means for detecting an outgoing light beam from the optical fiber, physical quantity applied position information generating means for providing information indicative of a position of a portion at which a physical quantity is applied to the optical fiber, and operation means for receiving signals from the light receiving means and physical quantities applied position information generating means and calculating a change with time in physical quantity at respective positions on the optical fiber.

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