Patent ID: 6870631

Claim:
A system for measuring the profile of an external surface of a component comprising: a plurality of profilometry systems surrounding the component, each profilometry system comprising: a source of light that emits light destined to be incident onto a plurality of locations within a region of an external surface of a component; a linear, light-sensitive sensor; a lens used to image the plurality of locations within the region onto said linear, light-sensitive sensor; and a re-positionable mirror positioned in the light path between the region and said source of light, said lens, and said linear, light-sensitive sensor, wherein said re-positionable mirror re-directs the light emitted from said source of light to said plurality of locations within the region and re-directs light scattered, diffracted, or reflected from said plurality of locations within the region to said lens and said linear, light-sensitive sensor; wherein said source of light and said linear, light-sensitive sensor are positioned substantially within the same plane such that said linear, light-sensitive sensor detects substantially only light scattered, diffracted, or reflected from the region and traveling substantially within said plane; and wherein each profilometry system is calibrated in a common coordinate system to produce an integrated profile of the component.