公开(公告)号：US20170268823A1

公开(公告)日：2017-09-21

申请号：US15528948

申请日：2015-11-19

Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATED

Inventor： David Gustave Ehrenberg ,  Dennis Eugene Hay ,  Ming-Jun Li ,  William Brashear Mattingly ,  Sergey Y Potapenko

IPC: F27B3/28 ,  G01B11/02 ,  G01M11/00 ,  G01N27/02 ,  G01N27/22 ,  H05B7/18 ,  G01S13/08 ,  G01N29/04 ,  G01B7/02 ,  G01N27/07

CPC classification number: F27B3/28 ,  F27B3/10 ,  F27D19/00 ,  F27D21/00 ,  G01B7/02 ,  G01B11/02 ,  G01M11/30 ,  G01N27/02 ,  G01N27/07 ,  G01N27/226 ,  G01N29/04 ,  G01S13/08 ,  H05B7/18

Abstract: The disclosure relates to apparatuses melting batch materials, the apparatuses comprising a vessel; an electrode assembly comprising an electrode and at least one detection component coupled to the electrode; and at least one device configured to measure an electrical or optical property of the electrode assembly. Also disclosed herein are electrode assemblies for the optical or electrical detection of electrode length, and apparatuses comprising such electrode assemblies.

公开(公告)号：US09835442B2

公开(公告)日：2017-12-05

申请号：US15037178

申请日：2014-11-13

Applicant: Corning Incorporated

Inventor： Joseph Richard Buono ,  Sergey Y Potapenko ,  Nicholas Leon Susch ,  Dale Alan Webb

IPC: G01B11/24 ,  C03B17/06 ,  G01B11/25 ,  G06K9/46

CPC classification number: G01B11/24 ,  C03B17/064 ,  G01B11/25 ,  G06K9/4604 ,  G06K9/4661

Abstract: A method for determining a shape of a substantially cylindrical specular reflective surface includes the step of obtaining calibration data and the step of obtaining target data about a target structure. The method further includes the step of defining a target line from the target data, where the target line represents a feature of the target structure and the step of capturing a reflected image of the target structure in the specular reflective surface. The method further includes the step of obtaining reflected data from the reflected image and the step of defining a reflected line from the reflected data, where the reflected line represents a reflection of the feature of the target structure. The method also includes the step of determining a correspondence between the target line and the reflected line and using the correspondence and the calibration data to determine the shape of the specular reflective surface.