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Color coding for 3D measurement, more particularly for transparent scattering surfaces

US9404741B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 26, 2013
Grant dateAug 2, 2016
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Expiry dateApr 26, 2033

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01B11/005
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A device and a method for determining three dimensional surface coordinates of an object by means of optical color triangulation are proposed, wherein all lines of a color fringe pattern in each case have a width (BR) set in such a way that, in a recorded image of the line, all contrast maxima (CMax), of all spectral components of a line are equal to a minimum contrast value (CMin) is provided. Proceeding from an invariable smallest width of a pattern line with a spectral component of highest contrast, further lines can be correspondingly widened. The invention is particularly advantageously suitable for a 3D measurement for biological tissue.

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