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US 5,406,342 AGranted
System for determining the topography of a curved surface
AssigneeEuclid Medical Instruments
InventorFranciscus H. M. Jongsma
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AssigneeEuclid Medical Instruments
InventorFranciscus H. M. Jongsma
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A system for determining the topography of a curved surface, comprising a device for projecting patterns of lines on the surface to be examined, which device includes two projectors disposed at an angle relative to each other, each provided with a raster of parallel straight lines, which are positioned at right angles to the plane through the projection axes and a rectangular diaphragm, of which the long sides are parallel to the lines of the raster, and a detection device for registering the image formed on the surface. The system is implemented such that an additive moire pattern is produced and that a pilot monitor in conjunction with an electronic filter is provided for real-time visualizing this moire pattern. The detection device is implemented for registering the image without moire interference, suitable for discrete Fourier analysis. The registration of the formed height line map for proper focussing or for obtaining an end product is electronically filtered, with the object of being able to see highly contrasting moire height contours in real time on a monitor. The light source for both projectors is a slit shaped continuous light source combined with a slit shaped flashlamp, which-- by means of synchronization at the end of the first raster period and the beginning of the second raster period respectively--illuminate a complete TV raster in only a few ms, and in which the half rasters can complement each other afterwards through explicit digital analysis.
A system for determining the topography of a curved surface, comprising a projection device means for projecting patterns of lines on the surface, the projection device means including two independent light projectors disposed at an angle relative to each other, each projector having a projection axis and including a grating having parallel straight lines, wherein each grating is positioned at a right angle to the projection axis of its respective projector, a rectangular diaphragm having the long sides parallel to the lines of the grating, a detection device means for registering an image formed on the surface and a flash light source synchronized in sequence with the detection device means, wherein the detection device means comprises a frame grabber means for separately registering a projected grating of each projector in said sequence for explicit digital image analysis to obtain the topography of the curved surface.
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