METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASUREMENT OF PARAMETERS OF A FLAT MATERIAL
First Claim
1. A method for measurement of parameters of a conductive material, comprising the steps of:
- generating an oscillating electromagnetic field (EMF) interacting with a sample portion of flat conductive material, from a source remotely positioned from the sample portion;
measuring values of components of impedance of an electromagnetic system including the source of the EMF and the sample portion;
populating a system of equations including a theory of electromagnetism-based mathematical model of the electromagnetic system and the measured component values;
solving the system of equations to calculate values of a distance between the sample portion and the source, thickness of the sample portion in proximity to a point of projection of the source onto the sample portion and electromagnetic properties of the sample portion;
outputting the calculated values as the measured values; and
repeating the steps of generating, populating, solving, outputting and repeating using the calculated values for the step of populating in place of the measured component values.
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Abstract
A system and method for measurement of parameters of a conductive material, include generating an oscillating electromagnetic field (EMF) interacting with a sample portion from a remotely positioned source; measuring values of components of impedance of the electromagnetic; populating a system of equations including a theory of electromagnetism-based mathematical model of the electromagnetic system; solving the system of equations to calculate values of a distance between the sample portion and the source, thickness of the sample portion in proximity to a point of projection of the source onto the sample portion and electromagnetic properties of the sample portion; outputting the calculated values as the measured values; and repeating the steps of generating, populating, solving, outputting and repeating using the calculated values for the step of populating in place of the measured component values.
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35 Claims
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1. A method for measurement of parameters of a conductive material, comprising the steps of:
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generating an oscillating electromagnetic field (EMF) interacting with a sample portion of flat conductive material, from a source remotely positioned from the sample portion; measuring values of components of impedance of an electromagnetic system including the source of the EMF and the sample portion; populating a system of equations including a theory of electromagnetism-based mathematical model of the electromagnetic system and the measured component values; solving the system of equations to calculate values of a distance between the sample portion and the source, thickness of the sample portion in proximity to a point of projection of the source onto the sample portion and electromagnetic properties of the sample portion; outputting the calculated values as the measured values; and repeating the steps of generating, populating, solving, outputting and repeating using the calculated values for the step of populating in place of the measured component values. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 34)
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30. A method for measurement of positional coordinates, thickness and electromagnetic parameters of a flat conductive material, comprising the steps of:
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generating an electromagnetic system of oscillating electromagnetic fields interacting with the sample portion of the material from a pair of sources positioned remotely on opposing sides of the sample portion; measuring component values of impedance of the electromagnetic system made by each remote source of electromagnetic field and the material sample; populating a system of equations including the measured impedance component values and a theory of electromagnetism-based mathematical model of the electromagnetic system; solving the system of equations to calculate values of the sample portion distance to each source of EMF, thickness of the sample material in proximity to a point of projection on the sample material by each source of EMF, and the sample material'"'"'s electromagnetic parameters; outputting the calculated values; repeating the steps of generating, measuring, populating, solving, outputting and repeating.
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32. A method for adjusting the thickness of flat, electrically conductive material under compressive and tensile forces, comprising the steps of:
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generating an oscillating electromagnetic field (EMF) interacting with a sample portion of flat, electrically conductive material, from a source remotely positioned from the sample portion; measuring component values of impedance of an electromagnetic system including the source of the EMF and the sample portion; populating a system of equations including the measured component values and a theory of electromagnetism-based mathematical model of the electromagnetic system; solving the system of equations to calculate values of a distance between the sample portion and the source and thickness of the sample portion in proximity to a point of projection of the source in to the sample portion; using the calculated values for adjusting compressive and/or tension forces on the material; repeating the steps of measuring, populating, solving, using and repeating.
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33. A method for recording quality control measurements of thickness of a flat conductive material, comprising the steps of:
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generating an oscillating electromagnetic field (EMF) interacting with a sample portion of flat conductive material, from a source remotely positioned from the sample portion; measuring component values of impedance of an electromagnetic system including the source of the EMF and the sample portion; populating a system of equations including the measured component values and a theory of electromagnetism-based mathematical model of the electromagnetic system; solving the created system of equations to calculate values of a distance between the sample portion and the source and thickness of the sample portion in proximity to a point of penetration of the sample portion by a normal vector to the source; recording the calculated values on a computer readable medium; and repeating the steps of measuring, populating, solving, outputting and repeating.
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35. A system for measuring positional coordinates and thickness of a flat conductive material, comprising:
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an electromagnetic source adapted for generating an oscillating electromagnetic field (EMF) interacting with a sample portion of flat conductive material, wherein the source is remotely positioned from the sample portion; circuitry adapted for measuring component values of impedance of an electromagnetic system including the source of the EMF and the sample portion; and a computing system for solving a system of equations including a theory of electromagnetism-based mathematical model of the electromagnetic system and the measured component values to calculate values of a distance between the sample portion and the source, thickness of the sample portion in proximity to a point of projection of the source onto the material sample portion and electromagnetic properties of the sample portion.
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