Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and methods for determining location of at least a part of an object
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Application No.: US15222181Application Date: 2016-07-28
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Publication No.: US10024761B2Publication Date: 2018-07-17
- Inventor: Duncan Cornes , Harold Heyworth , Joseph Reynolds
- Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
- Applicant Address: GB London
- Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
- Current Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
- Current Assignee Address: GB London
- Agency: Oliff PLC
- Priority: GB1515134.3 20150826
- Main IPC: G01B11/14
- IPC: G01B11/14 ; G01M15/14 ; G01B11/00

Abstract:
Apparatus for determining location of at least a part of a first object, the apparatus comprising: a controller configured to: control an actuator to move an optical arrangement relative to the first object; control the optical arrangement to transmit an electromagnetic wave; receive a signal from the optical arrangement; and determine a location of an edge of the first object by determining whether a change in a parameter of the signal satisfies at least one criterion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170059450A1 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING LOCATION OF AT LEAST A PART OF AN OBJECT Public/Granted day:2017-03-02
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