Abstract: A method for reproducing an object surface wherein a time succession of spatially encoded different radiant energy patterns are projected at the object surface and records are made of the object surface during such projections from two or more spatially separated locations. The sets of records recorded at the separate spatial locations are then utilized to determine the spatial points on the object surface.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 6, 1980
Date of Patent:
November 2, 1982
Assignee:
Robotic Vision Systems, Inc.
Inventors:
Howard K. Stern, Joseph A. Ross, Paul Di Matteo
Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining spatial information regarding the points on an object situated in an object space wherein substantially planar laterally spaced diverging radiant energy beams are applied to the object space and a recording means records the reflected radiant energy in such space from a position whereat the radiant energy from points in the space and along the radiant energy beams is uniquely defined.