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Device and method for detecting depth and color information of an object to be surveyed

US6373561B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 5, 2001
Grant dateApr 16, 2002
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Expiry dateMar 5, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01B11/2509
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A device and a method are provided for detecting depth and color information of an object to be surveyed. A projection unit projects a predetermined wave pattern having first waves with at least one first wavelength in a spectral range outside visible light. A collector unit receives waves which have been at least partially reflected from the object and which include the first waves, that are processed by a first subunit of the collector unit, and second waves that are processed by a second subunit of the collector unit. The second waves have at least one second wavelength in the visible-light spectral range. The depth and color information of the object is detected on the basis of the waves.

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