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Thermal processing apparatus

US6630991B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 20, 2001
Grant dateOct 7, 2003
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Expiry dateJun 13, 2021

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01J5/0003
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method of detecting a temperature of an object in a multiple-reflection environment by a radiation pyrometer includes the steps of detecting a radiation strength emitted from a target region of an object, applying a correction to the radiation strength so as to correct the effect of multiple reflections of a radiation emitted from the object, applying a correction to the radiation strength so as to correct a reflection loss caused at an end surface of an optical medium interposed between the object and a sensing head of the pyrometer, applying a correction to the radiation strength with regard to an optical absorption loss caused in the optical medium, and applying a correction to the radiation strength with regard to a stray radiation coming in to the sensing head from a source other than the target region of the object.

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