Color sensing for laser decoating
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1. A laser-based coating removal system to remove a coating from a surface, the system comprising:
- a. a laser source to provide a laser pulse;
b. scanning optics to direct the laser pulse along a laser path to a first position on the surface, whereby the laser pulse impinges the first position on the surface thereby ablating a portion of the coating from the first position;
c. one or more light illuminators to provide a light illumination, each light illumination along a light illumination path, the light illumination impinging the first position on the surface;
d. a photosensitive detector to receive light reflected from the surface as a result of the impinging light illumination and to measure the reflected light; and
e. a color sensing path to direct the reflected light from the surface to the photosensitive detector, wherein the color sensing path includes the scanning optics, wherein all of the color sensing path is independent of all of the light illumination path.
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Abstract
A coating removal apparatus utilizing a common optics path to provide laser pulses to a coated surface and to direct a light illumination reflected from the coated surface to a photosensitive detector and analyzer. The apparatus is an integrated device including a laser source, a beam splitter, scanning optics, a waste removal apparatus, one or more light illuminators, a photosensitive detector, a comparator, and a control logic circuit. Alternatively, the laser source is external to the integrated device and a fiber optic cable is used to connect the laser source to the integrated device.
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1. A laser-based coating removal system to remove a coating from a surface, the system comprising:
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a. a laser source to provide a laser pulse; b. scanning optics to direct the laser pulse along a laser path to a first position on the surface, whereby the laser pulse impinges the first position on the surface thereby ablating a portion of the coating from the first position; c. one or more light illuminators to provide a light illumination, each light illumination along a light illumination path, the light illumination impinging the first position on the surface; d. a photosensitive detector to receive light reflected from the surface as a result of the impinging light illumination and to measure the reflected light; and e. a color sensing path to direct the reflected light from the surface to the photosensitive detector, wherein the color sensing path includes the scanning optics, wherein all of the color sensing path is independent of all of the light illumination path. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A coating removal system to remove a coating from a surface, the integrated device comprising:
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a. a laser source to provide a laser pulse; b. scanning optics to direct the laser pulse along a laser path to a first position on the surface, whereby the laser pulse impinges the first position on the surface thereby ablating a portion of the coating from the first position; c. one or more light illuminators to provide a light illumination, each light illumination along a light illumination path, the light illumination impinging the first position on the surface; d. a photosensitive detector to receive light reflected from the surface as a result of the impinging light illumination and to measure the reflected light; and e. a color sensing path to direct the reflected light from the surface to the photosensitive detector, wherein the color sensing path includes the scanning optics, wherein all of the color sensing path is independent of all of the light illumination path. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A coating removal system to remove a coating from a surface, the system comprising:
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a. a laser source to provide a laser pulse; b. scanning optics to direct the laser pulse along a laser path to a first position on the surface, whereby the laser pulse impinges the first position on the surface thereby ablating a portion of the coating from the first position; c. a light illuminator to provide a light illumination along a light illumination path, the light illumination impinging the first position on the surface; d. a detector to receive and measure light reflected from the surface as a result of the impinging light illumination; and e. a color sensing path comprising the scanning optics to direct the reflected light from the surface to the detector, wherein all of the color sensing path is independent of all of the light illumination path.
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