Optoelectronic measuring device for monitoring a combustion chamber
First Claim
1. Optoelectronic measuring device for monitoring combustion processes in a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine during operation, comprising optical sensor means and an evaluation unit connected to said optical sensor means, wherein said optical sensor means are placed in a sealing element bounding said combustion chamber, which sealing element is positioned in a plane cutting said combustion chamber, wherein said sensor means are directed at adjacent sections of an interior diameter of said sealing element for the purpose of generating a one-dimensional image of said combustion processes.
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Abstract
An optoelectronic measuring device for the purpose of observing and recording combustion processes in the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine during operation, includes optical sensors directed at the combustion chamber and connected to an evaluation unit. The optical sensors are integrated in a sealing element positioned in a plane cutting the combustion chamber, which will permit the performance of measurements without any modifications of the engine or the geometry of the combustion chamber.
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14 Claims
- 1. Optoelectronic measuring device for monitoring combustion processes in a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine during operation, comprising optical sensor means and an evaluation unit connected to said optical sensor means, wherein said optical sensor means are placed in a sealing element bounding said combustion chamber, which sealing element is positioned in a plane cutting said combustion chamber, wherein said sensor means are directed at adjacent sections of an interior diameter of said sealing element for the purpose of generating a one-dimensional image of said combustion processes.
- 8. Optoelectronic measuring device for monitoring combustion processes in a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine during operation comprising optical sensor means and an evaluation unit connected to said optical sensor means, wherein said optical sensor means are placed in a sealing element bounding said combustion chamber, which sealing element is positioned in a plane cutting said combustion chamber, wherein said sensor means have acceptance angle areas covering an area of said combustion chamber located in said cutting plane in a suitably uniform way for the purpose of generating a two-dimensional image of said combustion processes, and wherein said evaluation unit comprises a processor for the purpose of calculating brightness values for defined areas of said cutting plane from signals of said optical sensor means and converting said signals into a two-dimensional image.
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11. Measuring device according to claim 11, where said light guides are glass fibers guided in metal tubes.
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