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15.1
Range (3D) measurement
The 3D camera measures range by using triangulation. This means that the object is
illuminated with a line light from one direction, and the camera is measuring the object
from another direction. The most common lighting used when measuring range is a line
projecting laser.
The camera analyzes the sensor images to locate the laser line in them. The higher up
the laser line is found for a point along the x-axis (the width of the object), the higher up
is that point on the object.
Figure 58: Coordinate system when measuring range
1
Width
2
Transport
3
Range
When measuring range, there are two angles that are interesting:
•
The angle at which the camera is mounted.
•
The angle of the incoming light (incidence).
Both angles are measured from the normal of the transport direction. The angle of the
camera is measured to the optical axis of the camera – that is, the axis through the
center of the lens.
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