Patent ID: 11867630
Assignee: GLASSTECH, INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 25:
26. The method of claim 25 further comprising:
forming and directing a planar laser sheet from an ultraviolet laser and associated optics of the inspection assembly to a surface of the glass sheet on the fixture;
exciting the surface of the glass sheet at an intersection of the planar laser sheet and the surface to form a visible wavelength line on the surface of the glass sheet;
imaging the visible wavelength line using the camera;
determining first and second coordinates in a series of coordinates associated with the visible wavelength line by analyzing imaging data from the camera;
determining a third coordinate associated with each of the first and second coordinates in the series of coordinates associated with the visible wavelength line by triangulation; and
creating a three-dimensional map of the surface of the glass sheet as a function of the series of coordinates.