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US5179418A
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Doppler velocimeter and apparatus using the same
Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 1991-05-21
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Granted: 1993-01-12
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Expires: 2011-05-21
Abstract
Abstract This invention is characterized in that a light beam from a light source is made to enter a diffraction grating and ± nth-order (n=1,2, . . . ) diffracted lights from the diffraction grating are made to enter a moving object at an angle substantially equal to the angle of intersection of the angles of diffraction of the two diffracted lights from the diffraction grating. As a result, the two diffracted lights are converged by a lens system provided between the diffraction grating and the light source on the moving object and intersect with each other. Scattered light subjected to Doppler shift by the moving object is detected by photodetector thereby detecting the velocity information of the moving object.
Inventors
- 👤 Makoto Takamiya
- 👤 Hiroshi Sugiyama
- 👤 Yasuhiko Ishida
- 👤 Hidejiro Kadowaki
Bibliographic Details
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CPC Classifications
B; B41; B41J; B41J2/00; B41J2/005; B41J2/01; B41J2/07; B41J2/125; G; G01; G01S; G01S17/00; G01S17/02; G01S17/50; G01S17/58
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
187 words
A Doppler velocimeter for detecting movement information of an object, comprising: a light source for producing a light beam; a diffraction grating on which said light beam is incident and which produces ±nth-order diffracted lights at an angle of outgoing intersection conforming to a wavelength of said light beam; an optical system for making said ±nth-order diffracted lights enter so as to intersect with each other at a position of the object at an angle substantially equal to said angle of outgoing intersection and converging said diffracted lights at the intersection position, said optical system having a lens system disposed in an optical path between said light source and said diffraction grating and for acting so that said ±nth-order diffracted lights are converged at the position of the object, said lens system acting so that said light beam is incident on said diffraction grating in a non-focused state and said ±nth-order diffracted lights are incident on the object in a focused state; and detection means for detecting a scattered light subjected to a Doppler shift produced from the object to which the ±nth-order diffracted lights are radiated.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
187 words
A Doppler velocimeter for detecting movement information of an object, comprising: a light source for producing a light beam; a diffraction grating on which said light beam is incident and which produces ±nth-order diffracted lights at an angle of outgoing intersection conforming to a wavelength of said light beam; an optical system for making said ±nth-order diffracted lights enter so as to intersect with each other at a position of the object at an angle substantially equal to said angle of outgoing intersection and converging said diffracted lights at the intersection position, said optical system having a lens system disposed in an optical path between said light source and said diffraction grating and for acting so that said ±nth-order diffracted lights are converged at the position of the object, said lens system acting so that said light beam is incident on said diffraction grating in a non-focused state and said ±nth-order diffracted lights are incident on the object in a focused state; and detection means for detecting a scattered light subjected to a Doppler shift produced from the object to which the ±nth-order diffracted lights are radiated.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
23 words
A Doppler velocimeter according to claim 1, wherein said diffraction grating is a reflection type diffraction grating and produces ±nth-order reflected diffracted lights.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
15 words
A Doppler velocimeter according to claim 1, wherein said diffracted lights are ±1st-order diffracted lights.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
15 words
A Doppler velocimeter according to claim 1, wherein said light source includes a laser source.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
15 words
A Doppler velocimeter according to claim 4, wherein said laser source includes a semiconductor laser.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
26 words
A Doppler velocimeter according to claim 1, wherein said light source is disposed at a location more distant than a focus position of said lens system.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
39 words
A Doppler velocimeter according to claim 1, wherein said optical system includes two mirrors disposed parallel to each other for reflecting said ±nth-order diffracted light and said -nth-order diffracted light, respectively, and making said diffracted lights enter said object.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
35 words
A Doppler velocimeter according to claim 1, wherein said optical system includes auxiliary diffraction gratings for further diffracting said ±nth-order diffracted light and said -nth-order diffracted light and making said re-diffracted lights enter said object.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
16 words
A Doppler velocimeter according to claim 1, wherein said object is an object in flowing fluid.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
14 words
A Doppler velocimeter according to claim 1, wherein said object is a liquid droplet.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
196 words
An apparatus for measuring a flowing fine particle, comprising: means for permitting a fluid including the fine particle to flow; a light source for producing a light beam; a diffraction grating on which said light beam is incident and which produces ±nth-order diffracted lights at an angle of outgoing intersection conforming to a wavelength of said light beam; an optical system for making said ±nth-order diffracted lights enter so as to intersect with each other at a flow position of the fine particle at an angle substantially equal to said angle of outgoing intersection and converging said ±nth-order diffracted lights at the intersection position, said optical system having a lens system disposed in an optical path between said light source and said diffraction grating and for acting so that said light beam is converged, said lens system acting so that said light beam is incident on said diffraction grating in a non-focused state and said ±-nth-order diffracted lights are incident on the flow of the fine particle in a focused state; and detection means for detecting a scattered light subjected to Doppler shift produced from the fine particle to which the ±nth-order diffracted lights are radiated.
Claim 13
Independent Claim
196 words
An apparatus for measuring a flowing fine particle, comprising: means for permitting a fluid including the fine particle to flow; a light source for producing a light beam; a diffraction grating on which said light beam is incident and which produces ±nth-order diffracted lights at an angle of outgoing intersection conforming to a wavelength of said light beam; an optical system for making said ±nth-order diffracted lights enter so as to intersect with each other at a flow position of the fine particle at an angle substantially equal to said angle of outgoing intersection and converging said ±nth-order diffracted lights at the intersection position, said optical system having a lens system disposed in an optical path between said light source and said diffraction grating and for acting so that said light beam is converged, said lens system acting so that said light beam is incident on said diffraction grating in a non-focused state and said ±-nth-order diffracted lights are incident on the flow of the fine particle in a focused state; and detection means for detecting a scattered light subjected to Doppler shift produced from the fine particle to which the ±nth-order diffracted lights are radiated.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
175 words
A Doppler velocimeter for detecting a movement information of an object, comprising: a light source for producing a light beam; a diffraction grating on which said light beam is incident and which produces diffracted light to be radiated onto said object; optical components for making said diffracted light enter at a position of the object; a lens system disposed in an optical path between said light source and said diffraction grating and for acting so that said light beam is converged, said lens system acting so the said light beam is incident on said diffraction grating in a non-focused state and said diffracted light is incident on the object in a focused state; and detection means for detecting a scattered light subjected to Doppler shift produced from the object to which the diffracted light is radiated and for producing a detection signal according to the detecting, wherein said diffraction grating and said optical components are arranged so as to prevent a frequency change of the detection signal caused by wavelength change of said light beam.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
175 words
A Doppler velocimeter for detecting a movement information of an object, comprising: a light source for producing a light beam; a diffraction grating on which said light beam is incident and which produces diffracted light to be radiated onto said object; optical components for making said diffracted light enter at a position of the object; a lens system disposed in an optical path between said light source and said diffraction grating and for acting so that said light beam is converged, said lens system acting so the said light beam is incident on said diffraction grating in a non-focused state and said diffracted light is incident on the object in a focused state; and detection means for detecting a scattered light subjected to Doppler shift produced from the object to which the diffracted light is radiated and for producing a detection signal according to the detecting, wherein said diffraction grating and said optical components are arranged so as to prevent a frequency change of the detection signal caused by wavelength change of said light beam.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
73 words
A Doppler velocimeter according to claim 12, wherein said diffraction grating and said optical components are arranged so that said diffracted light and another light from said diffraction grating at an angle of outgoing intersection intersect with each other at the position of the object at an angle substantially equal to said angle of outgoing intersection to prevent a frequency change of the detection signal caused by wavelength change of said light beam.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
44 words
A Doppler velocimeter according to claim 13, wherein said detection means detects scattered lights each caused by said diffracted light and said another light interfering with each other, and produces a signal corresponding to the interference of said scattered lights as said detection signal.
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