Appeal No. 97-0203
Application No. 08/162,893
concurrently with the Appeal Brief was approved for entry by
the Examiner.
The disclosed invention relates to a measurement device
and method employing optical fiber communication and having
measuring devices located at plural spaced locations along a
conveyor belt. Appellants indicate at page 2 of the
specification that information to be measured is translated
into optical signals using a photocoupler and a signal
processor having a serial interface.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the invention and reads as
follows:
1. A measurement device for use in a production line for
acquiring data on objects travelling along a conveyor belt,
said measurement device being located at each of a plurality
of spaced locations along said conveyor belt and comprising:
a measuring unit located at each of said spaced locations
along said conveyor belt for acquiring data on each of said
objects travelling along said conveyor belt and for generating
signals indicative of said data;
a signal processing unit located at each of said spaced
locations along said conveyor belt and connected to a
respective measuring unit, said signal processing unit for
processing signals obtained from said measuring unit and
having a serial interface and a photocoupler connected to said
serial interface of said signal processing unit for converting
processed signals into optical information signals; and
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