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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2000
Jianqin Zhou, Vancouver, CA;
Jun Shen, Richmond, CA;
National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, CA;
Abstract
A laser scanning system for determining wood grain orientation has been developed. The system employs a polarizer for separating the emergent laser light from the reflected laser light to decrease the laser image noise, a variable voltage source for intensifying the emergent laser light to increase the laser image signal, and an algorithm of phase demodulation for signal transformation, phase demodulation, and contrast feedback to further improve the signal-to-noise ratio of the laser images. The system is capable of extracting wood grain orientation quickly and precisely from the laser images with low signal-to-noise ratio, such as the images on the surfaces of hardwood species and roughsawn materials.