title: Three-dimensional vision with dual acousto-optic deflection encoding.
abstract: We report a new method of sensing a three-dimensional (3D) object surface with an arbitrary geometric shape. In this approach, the first-order beams diffracted from two acousto-optic deflectors (AODs) interfere with each other to form a spatial carrier that is used to encode the depth information from the 3D object surface. A direct digital synthesizer is utilized to control two AODs to generate sequentially spatial carriers with different spatial frequencies so that a modified temporal phase-unwrapping technique can be applied for decoding the shape information of the test surface. Preliminary experimental results are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of this method.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Optoelectronics, Shenzhen University, 518060 Shenzhen, China. xpeng@szu.edu.cn
authors.forename: Xiang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Jindong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.forename: Peng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Linbin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Wenjie
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Qiu
authors.forename: Enbang
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Dawei
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods; D009716:Numerical Analysis, Computer-Assisted; D010363:Pattern Recognition, Automated / Q000379:methods; D012031:Refractometry; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence / Q000379:methods*