Patent ID: 6872895
Filing Date: 2005-03-29
Classification: G01F,G01G,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A system for providing measurements of manufactured articles formed of material comprising: an article positioning subsystem adapted to place an article in at least one selected position for mass or volume measurements; a signal source of electromagnetic radiation supplying at least one of infrared energy and ultraviolet energy wherein at least a portion of an emitted wavelength spectrum is partially absorbed by the article to produce an absorption-based signal representing an amount of adsorption occurring at all of a plurality of points within a selected region of the article; a sensor apparatus configured to detect the absorption-based signal and produce at least one of an analog output and a digital output based on the signal; a field of view established between the sensor apparatus and the selected region of the article; and a processor configured to receive the output of the sensor apparatus and compute a mass or volume of the selected region of the article.