Application system and method for measuring and compensating for optical distortion

A system comprising:

• a plurality of reference marks;
• a recording device having a pointing angle, the recording device configured to record a first orientation and a first position of a plurality of reference marks relative to the pointing angle of the recording device when an object is located outside of a field of view of a recording device, the recording device configured to record a second orientation and a second position of a plurality of reference marks relative to the pointing angle of the recording device when an object is located inside the field of view of a recording device;
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• a processor communicatively coupled to the recording device, the processor configured to receive orientation and position data from the recording device for each of the reference marks and compare the first orientation and the first position of the plurality of reference marks to the second orientation and the second position of the plurality of the reference marks for measuring distortion of the object by calculating the difference between the first orientation and the first position of the plurality of reference marks and the second orientation and the second position of the plurality of reference marks.

A system comprising:

• means for recording a first orientation and a first position of a plurality of reference marks relative to a pointing angle of a recording device;
• means for disposing an object between the recording device and some of the plurality of reference marks;
• means for recording a second orientation and a second position of the plurality of reference marks relative to the pointing angle of the recording device;
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• means for comparing the first orientation and the first position of the plurality of reference marks to the second orientation and the second position of the plurality of the reference marks for measuring distortion introduced by the object by calculating the difference between the first orientation and the first position of the plurality of reference marks and the second orientation and the second position of the plurality of reference marks, and using the differences to calculate the distortion introduced by the object.

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium having control logic stored therein for causing a computer to measure and compensate for optical distortion, the control logic comprising:

• code for recording a first orientation and a first position of a plurality of reference marks relative to a pointing angle of a recording device;
• code for disposing an object between the recording device and some of the plurality of reference marks;
• code for recording a second orientation and a second position of the plurality of reference marks relative to the pointing angle of the recording device;
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• code for comparing the first orientation and the first position of the plurality of reference marks to the second orientation and the second position of the plurality of the reference marks for measuring distortion introduced by the object by calculating the difference between the first orientation and the first position of the plurality of reference marks and the second orientation and the second position of the plurality of reference marks, and using the differences to calculate the distortion introduced by the object.