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Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012

Filed:

Jun. 22, 2010
Applicants:

Yasuhiro Kawai, Tochigi-ken, JP;

Kazuhiko Yamaashi, Utsunomiya, JP;

Kensaku Kaneyasu, Utsunomiya, JP;

Tetsuya Ozawa, Utsunomiya, JP;

Inventors:

Yasuhiro Kawai, Tochigi-ken, JP;

Kazuhiko Yamaashi, Utsunomiya, JP;

Kensaku Kaneyasu, Utsunomiya, JP;

Tetsuya Ozawa, Utsunomiya, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Chirped light pulses, the color of which changes regularly with time, are generated and applied to an object to be measured. A reflected light image of the chirped light pulses reflected from the object is acquired. Then, three-dimensional information of the object is acquired using two-dimensional information, color information represented by the reflected light image of the chirped light pulses, and the field of vision of the three-dimensional information to be acquired is enlarged.


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