An arrangement of optical measurement
AssigneeHelmee Imaging Oy
InventorsPetri LEHTONEN, Christer HOLMLUND
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Abstract
An arrangement of a 3D measurement device according to the invention comprises an image source in order to produce consecutive images on a surface of an object, a camera to take pictures of the surface, and a processor unit in order to compare the pictures of the camera with said images. The arrangement comprises also a first area and a second area on the images. The arrangement further comprises at least one double detector in order to detect the illuminated first area and the illuminated second area, and a drive unit in order to trigger at least one camera. The drive unit is arranged to trigger the camera if the double detector indicates that a state of the first area changes and a state of the second area changes.
Claims15
An arrangement of an optical measurement device, which device comprises at least one image source in order to produce consecutive images on a surface of an object, a camera to take pictures of the surface, and a processor unit in order to compare the pictures of the camera with said images, wherein the arrangement comprises of a first area and a second area on the images, the first and second area being illuminated on alternate images in such a way that when the first area is illuminated on the image, the second area is not illuminated, and the second area is illuminated on the subsequent image but the first area not,
- the arrangement further comprising at least one double detector in order to detect the illuminated first area and the illuminated second area, a drive unit in order to trigger at least one camera, the drive unit being arranged to trigger the camera if the double detector indicates that a state of the first area changes and a state of the second area changes.
A method for an optical measurement device, which device comprises at least one image source in order to produce consecutive images on a surface of an object, a camera to take pictures of the surface, and a processor unit in order to compare the pictures of the camera with said images, comprising the steps of
- providing a first area and a second area on the images, the first and second area being illuminated on alternate images in such a way that when the first area is illuminated on the image, the second area is not illuminated, and the second area is illuminated on the subsequent image but the first area not,
- detecting the illuminated first area and the illuminated second area, to indicate that a state of the first area changes and a state of the second area changes as response to the detection, and
- triggering at least one camera, as response to the indication of the changes of the states.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.