APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING DEFORMATIONS OF ELONGATED OBJECT Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC G01B11/16 G01B21/32 

FIELD: physics.

SUBSTANCE: apparatus consists of a basic direction selector (BDS), sighting targets (ST), radiator control devices (RCD), a preprocessing unit (PPU) a unit interfacing device (UID) and a processing unit (PU), whose first inputs and outputs are connected to the RCD. The second output is connected to a display, the second, third and fourth inputs are connected to a keyboard, a temperature sensor and a reference temperature sensor mounted on the housing of the BDS, respectively. The fifth input of the PU is connected to a BDS amplifier through series connected PPU and UID, and the third input of the PU is connected through the UID to the second input of the PPU. The BDS includes series-arranged power supply and control unit (PCU), optical image coordinate receiver (OICR), which is in form of a matrix-type photosensitive charge-coupled device, the output of which is connected to an amplifier, a lens, which is optically interfaced through a prism block with sighting targets which are located at the controlled points of the object within the field of vision of the lens in corresponding optical channels formed by said prism block. Each sighting target is placed on the perimeter of the object, wherein the number of sighting targets is not less than the number of points determining the geometric shape of the object, and has a radiator connected to the first output of the corresponding RCD, and an air temperature sensor whose output is connected to the second input of the corresponding RCD. Special cases of the design of the apparatus are characterised by that, each radiator is in form of a semiconductor emitting diode; the processing unit, the keyboard and the display are merged into a unit which is in form of a portable computer; the lens, OICR, PCU and amplifier merged into a unit which is in form of a television camera.

EFFECT: providing the possibility of controlling the deformation profile of an elongated object, maximum angle of torque of the structure, as well as high accuracy of measurements while maintaining high speed of operation of the system.

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