Optical range and speed detection system

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G01C 3/14 (2006.01) G01C 3/08 (2006.01) G01C 23/00 (2006.01) G01P 3/36 (2006.01) H04N 7/18 (2006.01)

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CA 2209610

A passive optical speed and distance measuring system includes a pair of camera lenses (14, 18) positioned along a common baseline (60) a predetermined distance apart and controlled by an operator to capture images of a target at different times. The camera lenses (14, 18) are focused on light sensitive pixel arrays which capture target images at offset positions in the line scans of the pixel arrays. A video signal processor with a computer (30) determines the location of the offset positions and calculates the range to the target by solving the trigonometry of the triangle formed by the two camera lenses (14, 18) and the target. Once the range to the target is known at two different times the speed of the target is calculated.

Cette invention concerne un système optique passif de mesure de la vitesse et de la distance, comportant deux objectifs de caméra (14, 18) placés le long d'une ligne principale commune (60), séparés l'un de l'autre par une distance prédéterminée et commandés par un opérateur afin d'acquérir les images d'une cible à des moments distincts. Les objectifs de caméra sont dirigés vers des réseaux de pixels sensibles à la lumière qui acquièrent les images selon des positions décalées lors des balayages de lignes des réseaux de pixels. Une unité de traitement de signal vidéo relié à un ordinateur (30) détermine l'emplacement des positions décalées et calcule la distance jusqu'à la cible par trigonométrie à partie du triangle que forment les deux objectifs de caméra (14, 18) et la cible. Une fois la distance à la cible connue en deux moments distincts, on peut calculer la vitesse de la cible.

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