Appeal No. 2004-0659
Application No. 09/111,978
30. Claim 14 as amended read as follows:
Claim 14 (Amended) A system for high speed, scanning phase measuring of an
object at a vision station to develop physical information associated with the object, the
system including:
at least one projector for projecting a pattern of imagable electromagnetic
radiation;
means for moving the object relative to the at least one projector at the vision
station at a substantially constant velocity so as to scan the projected pattern of imagable
electromagnetic radiation across a surface of the object to generate an imagable
electromagnetic radiation signal;
a detector for receiving the imagable electromagnetic radiation signal from the
surface of the object and having a plurality of separate detector elements which are
substantially uniformly spaced for measuring an amount of radiant energy in the
imagable electromagnetic radiation signal wherein each of the detector elements [produce
images] produces an image having a different [phases] phase of the same scanned surface
based on the measurement;
means for maintaining the at least one projector and the detector in a substantially
fixed relation to each other; and
means for computing phase values and amplitude values for the different phases
from the images.
31. In the amendment, Applicant included the following statement
(emphasis added):
[F]rom an examination of Bullock it is clear that Bullock discloses the use
of scanners 22 to scan laser generated light beams continuously across an
object surface in a direction generally normal to the direction of
movement of the object. This is contrary to the claimed teachings of the
present invention wherein the object is moved relative to the at least one
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