Optical: systems and elements – Deflection using a moving element – Using a periodically moving element
Patent
1996-07-12
1999-02-09
Phan, James
Optical: systems and elements
Deflection using a moving element
Using a periodically moving element
359196, 359 17, 359 18, 25055922, 356376, G02B 2608
Patent
active
058702202
ABSTRACT:
A portable 3D scanning system collects 2D-profile data of objects using a combination of a laser-stripe positioning device and a video camera which detects the images of the laser stripe reflected from the object. The scanning system includes a laser-stripe generator, a video camera, a scanning mirror attached to a continuously rotating motor, an encoder or a photodiode operationally coupled to the motor, and associated electronics. As the rotating, scanning mirror reflects the laser stripe and variably positions the laser stripe across the object, the encoder or the photodiode generates signals indicating the angular position of the mirror. The video images of the reflected laser stripes are stored on a storage medium, while data relating to the angular positions of the laser stripes recorded in the video images are simultaneously stored on a storage medium. A computer subsequently synchronizes and processes the recorded laser stripe data with the angular-position data to generate a 3D model of the object by applying triangulation calculation and other post-scanning methods, e.g., multi-resolution analysis and adaptive-mesh generation. The multi-resolution analysis, which applies more points to resolve fine details and fewer points for smooth regions of the objects, leads to significant data compression. The adaptive mesh, which include connected polygonal elements and which may have multiple resolutions and tolerances, is generated by the adaptive-mesh generating routine.
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Lebedev Alexei
Migdal Alexander
Petrov Michael
Phan James
Real-Time Geometry Corporation
Schuberg Darren E.
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