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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2006
Filed:
May. 16, 2001
Applicants:
Koichi Kamon, Kawanishi, JP;
Toshio Norita, Osaka, JP;
Hiroshi Uchino, Kyoto, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 3/00 (2006.01); G01C 3/08 (2006.01); G01C 5/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The purpose of the present invention is to realize a compact three-dimensional measurement device of high resolution. In the present invention, a pulse light is projected on an object, the light reflected from the object is received by a solid state area sensor having a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, the area sensor is controlled with a timing synchronized with the projection of the pulse light, and the distance to each photoelectric conversion element is measured based on the output of the solid state area sensor.