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CA 2101996
To provide a system for the optical ranging of a selected point on a target surface irradiated with light while avoiding false signals from other sources in a cluttered. environment, the system employs a combination of the triangulation ranging technique with the Biris ranging technique, i.e. imaging onto a position sensitive photodetector through an apertured mask. This combination enables the respective equations for range that apply to the respective techniques to be combined to generate an equation that is true only for target surface points that are directly on the light beam, hence enabling rejection of false signals on the basis of those that fail to satisfy this latter equation. The system has the advantage of flexibility, in that it permits the light beam to be directed onto the target surface from a wide range of locations relative to the detector. In addition, three dimensional data on the target surface can be obtained by using at least one further light beam inclined to the first beam and a mask with more than two apertures. For many practical applications this latter arrangement avoids a need to scan the target surface relative to the detector.
Blais Francois
National Research Council Of Canada
Szereszewski Juliusz M.sc.
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