Multiple axis multipoint non-contact measurement system
CA 2536411 C · Owner: Lmi Technologies Inc. · Inventors: Metcalfe, Leonard; Arden, Terry
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Apparatus for optically measuring a remote object comprises at least one source for projecting a plurality of discrete zones of electromagnetic radiation (for example laser spots) along a projection plane. Imaging apparatus images a plurality of reflections from the remote object. By spatially offsetting the imaging apparatus from the projection plane easier discrimination and identification of the reflections is made possible.
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- Filed February 14, 2006 and granted January 14, 2014. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 14, 2026.
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