Three dimensional imaging device
CA 1319188 C · Owner: Rioux, Marc · Inventors: Rioux, Marc
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A three dimensional imaging device has a converging lens system defining an optical axis, known as the z direction. The imaging device also includes a position sensitive detector that has a series of pixels extending in at least a selected one of two mutually perpendicular X and Y directions both perpendicular to the Z direction. The lens system will simultaneously image a plurality of distributed points on a target surface onto the detector to generate first data on the coordinate of each point on the target surface in the X and/or Y direction. Also included in the system is a mask having a pair of apertures spaced apart from each other in the selected direction and respectively aligned …
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- Granted June 15, 1993. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended June 15, 2010.
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