Abstract: A fiber-optic, three-dimensional imager using focal length of fiber optic units as a discriminative feature to identify surface geometries of a target area based on reflection intensity of reflected illumination. The focal length defined in accordance with lens power, lens proximity to an optic fiber, chromatic lens aberration, or illumination wavelength. Captured reflections are directed to a light sensor and form an areal intensity distribution on the sensor that is rendered into a topographical model of the general target surface using a construction algorithm.

Abstract: A fiber-optic, three-dimensional imager using focal length of fiber optic units as a discriminative feature to identify surface geometries of a target area based on reflection intensity of reflected illumination. The focal length defined in accordance with lens power, lens proximity to an optic fiber, chromatic lens aberration, or illumination wavelength. Captured reflections are directed to a light sensor and form an areal intensity distribution on the sensor that is rendered into a topographical model of the general target surface using a construction algorithm.

Abstract: A fiber-optic, three-dimensional imager leveraging acceptance cone of each fiber optic in an illumination collector array to identify surface geometries of a target area based on reflection angles. The captured reflections are directed to a light sensor and form an areal distribution on the sensor that is rendered into a topographical model of the general target surface using a construction algorithm.