Optical spray pattern imaging apparatus including permanently integrated light plane and image capture components

A pre-calibrated spray plane image acquisition device comprising, in a single fixed-form structure:

• an image capture component configured to acquire an optical image of a field of view;
• a light plane generator configured to generate a planar light plane emitted from the pre-calibrated spray plane image acquisition device;
• and
• a carrier frame structure comprising rigid components configured to permanently maintain the image capture component and the light plane generator in respective positions defining a permanent spatial relationship between the field of view of the image capture component and the light plane generated by the light plane generator,
• wherein the permanent spatial relationship facilitates pre-calibrating image processing parameters before providing to a user of the image acquisition device, wherein the parameters facilitate both correcting an image distortion and a scaling of a spray pattern image generated by the image acquisition device during a spray application by a nozzle positioned in a physical relationship with the light plane such that spray particles emitted from the spray nozzle pass through the light plane while an initial image is acquired by the pre-calibrated spray plane image acquisition device, and
• wherein a linear distance between the image capture component and the light plane generator is at least a half a foot.