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

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

3、hisinventionrelatestoapparatusforthemeasurementofdistanceand,moreparticularly,tosuchapparatuswhichtransmitsultrasonicwavesbetweentwopoints.Precisionmachinetoolsmustbecalibrated.Inthepast,thishasbeenaccomplishedutilizingmechanicaldevicessuchascalipers,micrometers,andthelike.However,theuseofsu

4、chdevicesdoesnotreadilylenditselftoautomationtechniques.Itisknownthatthedistancebetweentwopointscanbedeterminedbymeasuringthepropagationtimeofawavetravellingbetweenthosetwopoints.Onesuchtypeofwaveisanultrasonic,oracoustic,wave.Whenanultrasonicwavetravelsbetweentwopoints,thedistancebetweenthe

5、twopointscanbemeasuredbymultiplyingthetransittimeofthewavebythewavevelocityinthemediumseparatingthetwopoints.Itisthereforeanobjectofthepresentinventiontoprovideapparatusutilizingultrasonicwavestoaccuratelymeasurethedistancebetweentwopoints.Whenthemediumbetweenthetwopointswhosespacingisbeingm

6、easuredisair,thesoundvelocityisdependentuponthetemperatureandhumidityoftheair.Itisthereforeafurtherobjectofthe,presentinventiontoprovideapparatusofthetypedescribedwhichisindependentoftemperatureandhumidityvariations.SUMMARYOFTHEINVENTIONTheforegoingandadditionalobjectsareattainedinaccordance

7、withtheprinciplesofthisinventionbyprovidingdistancemeasuringapparatuswhichincludesareferenceunitandameasuringunit.Thereferenceandmeasuringunitsarethesameandeachincludesanelectroacoustictransmitterandanelectroacousticreceiver.Thespacingbetweenthetra