Active thermal control of surfaces by steering heating beam in response to sensed thermal radiation
US5998768A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 6, 1998 |
| Grant date | Dec 7, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 6, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05D23/1919
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An apparatus and method for controlling the temperature profile of the surface of a medium such as a solid or a liquid. The surface is imaged onto an array of detectors which generate an electronic output indicative of the temperature profile of the surface. A heating beam provided by a laser is scanned across the surface, providing radiation which heats the surface locally in a pattern based upon the detected temperature profile and the desired temperature profile.
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