Method and apparatus for three-dimensional optical measurement of object surfaces
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1. A method for the three-dimensional optical measuring of an object surface area defining ambiguous object coordinates, said method comprising:
- projecting a grating pattern on said object surface;
recording said projected grating pattern on two video cameras, each said camera having a plurality of pixels, and said projected grating pattern being recorded on each camera as an image pattern with a plurality of image points; and
using an analytical computer connected with said video cameras to compute the topography of said object surface by;
separately computing fringe phases for the image patterns recorded by each camera, andusing a combination of said separate fringe phases of both cameras to compute unambiguous object coordinates within a predetermined measuring area.
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Abstract
A single projector is used to project a grating pattern on the surface of the object being measured, and the grating pattern is recorded simultaneously by two cameras from two different directions relative to the direction of projection. Both cameras record images of the same object areas. The fringe phases of the image patterns recorded by each of the two cameras are computed separately; and the object coordinates, which are computed from the combination of the computed fringe phases of both cameras, are unambiguous within a large measured range.
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1. A method for the three-dimensional optical measuring of an object surface area defining ambiguous object coordinates, said method comprising:
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projecting a grating pattern on said object surface; recording said projected grating pattern on two video cameras, each said camera having a plurality of pixels, and said projected grating pattern being recorded on each camera as an image pattern with a plurality of image points; and using an analytical computer connected with said video cameras to compute the topography of said object surface by; separately computing fringe phases for the image patterns recorded by each camera, and using a combination of said separate fringe phases of both cameras to compute unambiguous object coordinates within a predetermined measuring area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 25)
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6. The method of claim further comprising:
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computing a second set of solution coordinates based on fringe phases at the image points of the second camera associated with said first set of solution coordinates; and selecting the second solution coordinate exhibiting the smallest distance value relative to one of the first solution coordinates, whereby the selected solution coordinate represents said unambiguous object coordinate on said object surface.
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7. In apparatus for three-dimensional measurement of object surfaces including a grating projector for the projection of grating patterns on the object surface, at least a first and a second video camera for recording video images of said grating pattern projected on the object surface, and an analytical computer connected with the video cameras for computation of the topography of the object surface, the improvement comprising:
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positioning said cameras and said projector being positioned relative to each other so that the lens of said first camera is located at a predetermined distance from the lens of the projector, said predetermined distance being substantially smaller than the distance between the lens of said second camera and the lens of said projector. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. In apparatus for three-dimensional measuring of object surfaces including a grating projector for the projection of a grating pattern on the object surface, at least a first and a second video camera for recording video images of the grating pattern projected on the object surface, and an analytical computer connected with said video cameras for the computation of the topography of the object surface, the improvement comprising:
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the lenses of said two video cameras are each positioned at a different respective distance from the lens of the projector; and the quantitative value of the difference between said respective distances is substantially smaller than the value of each said respective distance. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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26. In apparatus for three-dimensional measurement of object surfaces including a grating projector for the projection of grating patterns on the object surface, at least a first and a second video camera for recording video images of said grating pattern projected on the object surface, and an analytical computer connected with the video cameras for computation of the topography of the object surface, the improvement comprising:
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said projector being arranged to project said grating patterns onto said object surface by central projection; said video cameras being arranged so that said grating patterns are imaged onto both said cameras in central projection; and said cameras and said projector being positioned relative to each other so that the lens of said first camera is located at a predetermined distance from the lens of the projector, said predetermined distance being substantially smaller than the distance between the lens of said second camera and the lens of said projector.
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27. In apparatus for three-dimensional measuring of object surfaces including a grating projector with a lens for the projection of a grating pattern on the object surface, at least a first and a second video camera with respective lenses for recording video images of the grating pattern projected on the object surface, and an analytical computer connected with said video cameras for the computation of the topography of the object surface, the improvement comprising:
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the lens of said projector being arranged to project said grating patterns onto said object surface by central projection; the lenses of said video cameras being arranged so that said grating patterns are imaged onto both said cameras in central projection; and the lenses of said two video cameras also being each positioned at a different respective distance from the lens of the projector so that the quantitative value of the difference between said respective distances is substantially smaller than the value of each said respective distance.
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