Method and apparatus for optimizing sub-pixel resolution in...

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G01B 11/04 (2006.01) G01B 11/02 (2006.01) G01B 11/24 (2006.01) G01S 17/46 (2006.01) G01S 17/89 (2006.01)

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CA 2115859

An apparatus for optimizing sub-pixel resolution in a triangu- lation based target distance measuring device at a desired stand-off distance has a laser light source projecting a light beam along a light beam axis so as to project a light spot onto a surface of a workpiece, a lens having an optical axis and a depth of focus dependant on the target distance, the lens for gathering light reflected from the light spot on the surface of the workpiece, a linear photodetector array of adjacent light detecting pixels, the array having a longitudinal array axis, the array for detecting light impinging the pixels and generat- ing an output signal indicative of the position of the pixels being impinged by the light, the light beam axis, the optical axis, and the longitudinal array axis co-planar, the lens imag- ing the reflected light across and impinging the array so as to form an image across the array, the output signal indicative of an intensity profile of the image impinging the array, the image defocussed so as to optimize the output signal from the array, whereby movement of the surface of the workpiece relative to the distance measuring device while the light spot is projected onto the surface causes corresponding movement of the image along the array.

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