Optical inspection
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1. A method of optical inspection of a surface, the method comprising:
- forming two patterns of illumination independently on a photosensitive screen respectively by means of light of two different wavelengths, said patterns being formed in the same manner and each of them resulting from the irradiation of said screen with light derived from a coherent source and consisting of first and second interfering beams, said first beam for each of said patterns being constituted by light scattered from said surface and imaged on to said screen; and
deriving from said screen a video signal representing the spatial variations in the sum of the intensities in said two patterns of illumination.
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In a method of optical inspection of a surface, two patterns of illumination are formed independently on a photosensitive screen respectively by means of light of two different wavelengths. The patterns are formed in the same manner and each results from irradiation of the screen with light derived from a coherent source and consisting of two interfering beams, one of which is constituted by light scattered from the surface under inspection and imaged on to the screen. A video signal is derived from the screen representing the spatial variations in the sum of the intensities in the two patterns.
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1. A method of optical inspection of a surface, the method comprising:
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forming two patterns of illumination independently on a photosensitive screen respectively by means of light of two different wavelengths, said patterns being formed in the same manner and each of them resulting from the irradiation of said screen with light derived from a coherent source and consisting of first and second interfering beams, said first beam for each of said patterns being constituted by light scattered from said surface and imaged on to said screen; and deriving from said screen a video signal representing the spatial variations in the sum of the intensities in said two patterns of illumination. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus for use in optical inspection, the apparatus comprising:
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a television camera device incorporating a photosensitive screen; an optical system for imaging on to said screen light from surfaces viewed by said camera device; means for causing, in respect of a surface viewed by said camera device, the formation independently on said screen, respectively by means of light of two different wavelengths, of two patterns of illumination which are formed in the same manner and each of which results from the irradiation of said screen with light derived from a coherent source and consisting of first and second interfering beams, said first beam for each of said patterns being constituted by light scattered from said surface and imaged on to said screen by said optical system; and means for operating said camera device to derive a video signal representing the spatial variations in the sum of the intensities in said two patterns of illumination. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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