Method and apparatus for quantitative 3-D imaging
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1. An image sensor assembly, comprising:
- a projector configured to project a distributed pattern of separated image points onto a surface of an object being imaged;
an optical system, including an imaging lens, a plurality of optical apertures in an optical train that includes said imaging lens and the object being imaged, wherein each aperture in said plurality of optical apertures is configured to constrain an outer shape of passed information;
an image sensor, also in said optical train, and receiving image information that has passed through said imaging lens and said plurality of optical apertures, and producing an electrical output indicative of said image information;
a processor configured to receive raw information directly from said image sensor, and programmed to analyze said raw information to recognize multiple distinguishable image features corresponding to a plurality of image points of the distributed pattern of separated image points in said raw information, and programmed to determine distance information indicative of a distance between said image sensor and at least multiple points represented by said multiple distinguishable image features, and programmed to produce an output indicative of said distance information representing a three-dimensional view of the surface of the object being imaged.
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Abstract
Described is a method and apparatus for obtaining additional information from an object and a method for surface imaging and three-dimensional imaging. Single lens, single aperture, single sensor system and stereo optic systems may be modified in order to successfully generate surface maps of objects or three-dimensional representations of target objects. A variety of the aspects of the present invention provide examples of the use of an addressable pattern in order to overcome mismatching common to standard defocusing techniques.
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1. An image sensor assembly, comprising:
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a projector configured to project a distributed pattern of separated image points onto a surface of an object being imaged; an optical system, including an imaging lens, a plurality of optical apertures in an optical train that includes said imaging lens and the object being imaged, wherein each aperture in said plurality of optical apertures is configured to constrain an outer shape of passed information; an image sensor, also in said optical train, and receiving image information that has passed through said imaging lens and said plurality of optical apertures, and producing an electrical output indicative of said image information; a processor configured to receive raw information directly from said image sensor, and programmed to analyze said raw information to recognize multiple distinguishable image features corresponding to a plurality of image points of the distributed pattern of separated image points in said raw information, and programmed to determine distance information indicative of a distance between said image sensor and at least multiple points represented by said multiple distinguishable image features, and programmed to produce an output indicative of said distance information representing a three-dimensional view of the surface of the object being imaged. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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