Csem Centre Suisse D'electronique Et De Microtechnique Sa - Recherche Et Developpment

Philipp Schmid

Helmut Knapp

Christian Beyer

Vincent Revol

Matthias Höchemer

Disclosed is a method of measuring a volume of a liquid provided in at least one receptacle, including the steps of: providing a receptacle having at least one cavity for holding a liquid; providing a plenoptic camera positioned so as to be able to image the surface of the liquid; positioning the receptacle such that the liquid surface faces an objective lens of the plenoptic camera; making at least one plenoptic image of the surface of the liquid by way of the plenoptic camera; determining a surface topography of the liquid on the basis of the at least one image; calculating the volume of liquid based on the measured surface topography and at least one known dimension and/or position of the cavity.

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Lucerne, Switzerland

Philipp Schmid