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Re: Question on Light Stripe Generation

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From: Olaf Bleck
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 21:54
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In article <1992Oct14.232342.8698@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov>, behar@robotics.jpl.nasa.gov (Albert Behar) writes:
|> How are light stripes usually generated?
|> 
|> I'm thinking about using a light stripe and
|> a low resolution imager to get range data.


The one on Herbert at MIT (Jon Connell) used a laser with a cylindrical lens
(i.e.  a glass rod)--very simple.  It used a 30x30 camera with an optical
notch filter matched to the laser's band, which all gave a very reliable
image of the resulting paralax.

-Olaf
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Subject: Re: Question on Light Stripe Generation
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