OPTIC SENSOR DESIGNED TO SUPPLY INFORMATION REPRESENTATIVE OF THE STATE OF A SURFACE

• Main Authors: PERSEGOL, DOMINIQUE, BENECH, PIERRE, CHARTIER, GERMAIN, CLAUSS, GILLES
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 23.10.1992
• Edition: 5
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING TWO OR MORE VARIABLES NOT COVEREDIN A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; COLORIMETRY; INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MEASUREMENT OF INTENSITY, VELOCITY, SPECTRAL CONTENT,POLARISATION, PHASE OR PULSE CHARACTERISTICS OF INFRA-RED,VISIBLE OR ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT; MEASURING; MEASURING ANGLES; MEASURING AREAS; MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS; MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEARDIMENSIONS; MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE; MEASURING OR TESTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS; OPTICS; PHYSICS; RADIATION PYROMETRY; TARIFF METERING APPARATUS; TESTING

The opto-electronic device for supervision or examination of the surface of an object (1) comprises an optic head (3) with a bundle (7) of microguides achieved in a substrate (5), and terminating on a photodetector line array (15). The line array is connected to an electronic device (19,22,23,24) fo...