A system and method for measuring the physical characteristics of an object is provided, wherein the method includes disposing the object within the sensor optical path of an inspection system, causing a source collimated light beam to propagate along the source optical path to be at least partially...http://www.google.com/patents/US7745805?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7745805 - Product inspection system and a method for implementing same that incorporates a correction factor