Stripe illuminator based on LED array and parabolic mirror for active triangulation sensors used on mobile robots

Optical Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 2867-2875

  Domján, László ^a   Kocsányl, László ^a   Richter, Péter ^a   Várkonyl, Sándor ^a   Feiten, Wendelln ^b  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EDGE DETECTION; FOCUSING; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MIRRORS; MOBILE ROBOTS; OBJECT RECOGNITION; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; OPTICAL TESTING; OPTIMIZATION;

ACTIVE OPTICAL TRIANGULATION SENSORS; CYLINDRICAL MIRROR; EYE SAFETY; PARABOLIC MIRROR; STRIPE ILLUMINATOR; STRIPE LIGHTING SENSOR;

OPTICAL SENSORS;

EID: 0342527008     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1290580     Document Type: Article

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