EP 0981777 A1 20000301 - VIEWING APPARATUS
Title (en)
VIEWING APPARATUS
Title (de)
BETRACHTUNGSVORRICHTUNG
Title (fr)
APPAREIL D'OBSERVATION VISUELLE
Publication
Application
Priority
- GB 9801383 W 19980514
- GB 9709738 A 19970514
Abstract (en)
[origin: GB2325300A] Apparatus operative to form a 2-D representation of a number of different views of a 3-D object, for example a cow's teat, comprises a support casing 14 housing an array of five mirrors 16 arranged about a vertical axis 18 of the apparatus. Light from a source 38 is reflected by a beam splitter 34 and is subsequently reflected by mirrors 16 onto an object within the viewing space. Light reflected by the object is returned via the mirrors and beam splitter to a camera 20 which may be separated from the apparatus using fibre optics. The support casing is movable to allow positioning of the object within the viewing space. Spectral analysis may be used to detect the presence of contamination or disease of the object. A plurality of cameras responsive to different wavebands and a broad band source, or a single camera and a plurality of narrow band sources may be used.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
A01J 7/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/88 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
A01J 5/0134 (2013.01); A01J 5/0135 (2013.01); A01J 7/00 (2013.01); G01N 21/8806 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
See references of WO 9852087A1
Designated contracting state (EPC)
BE DE DK ES FR GB IE IT NL PT
DOCDB simple family (publication)
GB 2325300 A 19981118; GB 9709738 D0 19970702; CA 2288972 A1 19981119; EP 0981777 A1 20000301; WO 9852087 A1 19981119
DOCDB simple family (application)
GB 9709738 A 19970514; CA 2288972 A 19980514; EP 98921612 A 19980514; GB 9801383 W 19980514