Patent ID: 9557216
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: B07C,G01D,G01J,G01N

Claim:
1. A system for performing laser-based spectroscopic measurements on one or more moving objects within an interrogation zone, comprising: a laser-based sensor assembly configured to direct a laser light to at least one moving object within the interrogation zone, the laser-based sensor assembly adapted to receive a portion of a set of spectroscopic signals from the at least one moving object; a position sensor assembly for detecting a position of the at least one moving object within the interrogation zone and for generating position data with an associated weighting factor from the at least one moving object located within the interrogation zone, the weighting factor being a function of a location of the object within the interrogation zone, the weighting factor having a range of zero (0) for no importance to about one (1) for high importance; and a processing unit adapted to receive the set of spectroscopic signals from the laser-based sensor assembly and adapted to receive position data from the position sensor assembly, the processing unit including decision logic therein configured to use the weighted position data to perform weighted selective sorting of the spectroscopic signals received from the at least one moving object as a function of a location of the object within the interrogation zone.