High-speed volume measurement system and method

Title: High-speed volume measurement system and method

Disclosed is a volume sensor having first, second, and third laser sources emitting first, second, and third laser beams; first, second, and third beam splitters splitting the first, second, and third laser beams into first, second, and third beam pairs; first, second, and third optical assemblies expanding the first, second, and third beam pairs into first, second, and third pairs of parallel beam sheets; fourth, fifth, and sixth optical assemblies focusing the first, second, and third beam sheet pairs into fourth, fifth, and sixth beam pairs; and first, second, and third detector pairs receiving the fourth, fifth, and sixth beam pairs and converting a change in intensity of at least one of the beam pairs resulting from an object passing through at least one of the first, second, and third parallel beam sheets into at least one electrical signal proportional to a three-dimensional representation of the object.

Inventors:: Lane, Michael H.; Doyle, Jr., James L.; Brinkman, Michael J.

Issue Date:: 2017-12-12

OSTI Identifier:: 1413228

Assignee:: U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, DC) KAPL

Patent Number(s):: 9,841,306

Application Number:: 14/930,859

Contract Number:: AC12-00SN39357

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2015 Nov 03

Research Org:: Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory (KAPL), Niskayuna, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Org:: USDOE

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION

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