Apparatus for analyzing a sample of granular material

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An apparatus for analysing a sample of granular material, such as soil, is described. An elongated housing has a channel extending therethrough to define an optical path. A cavity is defined within the top of the housing to receive the sample, and a transparent sample-receiving surface is disposed within the cavity at a first elevation from the bottom of the housing. A lens assembly is positioned within the optical path at a second, lower, elevation. The lens assembly magnifies an image formed by light beams reflected by or transmitted through the sample. An image capturing device is disposed across the optical path at a third elevation that is lower than the second elevation. The image capturing device is thus lower than both the lens assembly and the transparent sample-receiving surface. A light source is mounted within the housing to emit light toward the sample-receiving surface.

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THE ROYAL INSTITUTION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING/MCGILL UNIVERSITY845 SHERBROOKE STREET WEST MONTREAL QUEBEC H3A 0G4

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Adamchuk, Viacheslav Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, CA 4 25
Biswas, Asim Guelph, CA 1 0
Ji, Wenjun Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, CA 4 0
Leclerc, Maxime Mirabel, CA 1 0
Qi, Long Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, CA 3 0
Sudarsan, Bharath Fredericton, CA 3 1

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