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Automated lens calibration

  • US 20030035100A1
  • Filed: 03/25/2002
  • Published: 02/20/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/02/2001
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An imaging apparatus comprising:

  • a camera including an imaging array and a lens system for projecting an image of an object onto the array, said lens system inducing some distortion in the projected image;

    a laser for generating a laser beam;

    a scanner for scanning the laser beam over the object in a manner so that laser light reflected from the object is imaged by the lens system onto the array, said scanner generating information corresponding to the position of the laser beam on the object; and

    a processor for controlling the scanner and for comparing the position of the laser light imaged by the camera onto the array with position information received from the scanner to determine the distortion in the image induced by the lens system.

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