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1、UltrasonicdistancemeterDocumentTypeandNumber:UnitedStatesPatent5442592Abstract:Anultrasonicdistancemetercancelsouttheeffectsoftemperatureandhumidityvariationsbyincludingameasuringunitandareferenceunit.Ineachoftheunits,arepetitiveseriesofpulsesisgenerated,eachhavingarepetitionratedirectlyr

2、elatedtotherespectivedistancebetweenanelectroacoustictransmitterandanelectroacousticreceiver.Thepulsetrainsareprovidedtorespectivecounters,andtheratioofthecounteroutputsisutilizedtodeterminethedistancebeingmeasured.PublicationDate:08/15/1995PrimaryExaminer:Lobo,IanJ.一、BACKGROUNDOFTHEINVEN

3、TIONThisinventionrelatestoapparatusforthemeasurementofdistanceand,moreparticularly,tosuchapparatuswhichtransmitsultrasonicwavesbetweentwopoints.Precisionmachinetoolsmustbecalibrated.Inthepast,thishasbeenaccomplishedutilizingmechanicaldevicessuchascalipers,micrometers,andthelike.However,th

4、euseofsuchdevicesdoesnotreadilylenditselftoautomationtechniques.Itisknownthatthedistancebetweentwopointscanbedeterminedbymeasuringthepropagationtimeofawavetravellingbetweenthosetwopoints.Onesuchtypeofwaveisanultrasonic,oracoustic,wave.Whenanultrasonicwavetravelsbetweentwopoints,thedistanc

5、ebetweenthetwopointscanbemeasuredbymultiplyingthetransittimeofthewavebythewavevelocityinthemediumseparatingthetwopoints.Itisthereforeanobjectofthepresentinventiontoprovideapparatusutilizingultrasonicwavestoaccuratelymeasurethedistancebetweentwopoints.Whenthemediumbetweenthetwopointswhoses

6、pacingisbeingmeasuredisair,thesoundvelocityisdependentuponthetemperatureandhumidityoftheair.Itisthereforeafurtherobjectofthe,presentinventiontoprovideapparatusofthetypedescribedwhichisindependentoftemperatureandhumidityvariations.二、SUMMARYOFTHEINVENTIONTheforegoingandadditionalobjectsarea

7、ttainedinaccordancewiththeprinciplesofthisinventionbyprovidingdistancemeasuringapparatuswhichincludesareferenceunitandameasuringunit.Thereferenceandmeasuringunitsarethesameandeachincludesanelectroacoustictransmitterandanelectroacousticreceiver.Thespacingbetweenthetr