US 2020/0371040 A1 · STATIC FULL WIDTH MEASUREMENT SYSTEM

Abstract

A full width measurement system includes a frame having a first and second rails. The first and second rails are positioned transverse to a moving sheet of material such that the first and second rails are positioned on opposite sides of the moving sheet. Sources may be positioned along the first rail in a predetermined arrangement across a width of the moving sheet. Each of the sources are configured to emit energy toward the moving sheet in a predetermined pattern. Detectors may be positioned along the second rail in a predetermined alignment with respect to the sources such that each of the detectors detect an energy level from multiple respective sources after the energy from the respective sources has passed through the moving sheet. Controller circuitry is configured to receive signals from the detectors and provide real time measured parameters spanning the width of the moving sheet of material.

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Dependent claims

A full width measurement system comprising:

a frame comprising a first rail and a second rail, the first and second rails positioned transverse to a moving sheet of material such that the first and second rails are positioned on opposite sides of the moving sheet;
a plurality of sources positioned along the first rail in a predetermined arrangement across a width of the moving sheet, each of the sources configured to emit energy toward the moving sheet in a predetermined pattern;
a plurality of detectors positioned along the second rail in a predetermined alignment with respect to the sources such that each of the detectors detect an energy level from multiple respective sources after the energy from the respective sources has passed through the moving sheet;
and
a controller circuitry configured to receive signals from the detectors and provide real time measured parameters spanning the width of the moving sheet of material.

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A computer readable medium configured to store a plurality of instructions executable by controller circuitry, the computer readable medium comprising:

instructions executable by the controller circuitry to control a plurality of sources serially positioned across a width of a moving sheet of material, the sources controlled by the controller circuitry to cooperatively emit energy;
instructions executable by the controller circuitry to receive a plurality of measurement signals from a plurality of respective detectors positioned across the width of the sheet, the measurement signals indicative of a level of the energy from the sources passing through the moving sheet of material for receipt by the detectors;
instructions executable by the controller circuitry to direct generation of an image on a display device, the image representative of a compilation of the measurement signals and depicting measurement of an entirety of the width of the moving sheet representative of a cross-directional measured area of the moving sheet.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Static full width measurement system

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Static full width measurement system

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Abstract

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