Recent advances in fiber optic component technology and digital processing components have enabled the development of a new 3D vision system based upon a fiber optic FMCW coherent laser radar. The approach includes a compact scanner with no moving parts capable of randomly addressing all pixels. The system maintains the immunity to lighting and surface shading conditions which is characteristic of coherent laser radar. The random pixel addressability allows concentration of scanning and processing on the active areas of a scene, as is done by the human eye-brain system.
Fiber optic coherent laser radar 3D vision system
Imaging and Illumination for Metrology and Inspection ; 1994 ; Boston,MA,United States
Proc. SPIE ; 2348
1994-01-06
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
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