Optical velocimeter probe
US5856865A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 16, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jan 5, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 16, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01P5/26
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An optical velocimetrical probe comprises means to illuminate a volume of measurement in which particles may pass, and optical detection means to produce an electrical signal x(t) in response to the passage of a particle in the illuminated volume. It also comprises means to extract information representing the velocity v of particles from the electrical signal, these means comprising,in particular, means to compute the density of probability p(x,.theta.) of the signal vector x(t), means to determine a frequency representing the velocity v for which this probability is the maximum.
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