Moly: a prototype handheld 3D digitizer with diffraction optics

Thomas Ditto; Douglas A. Lyon

doi:10.1117/12.341072

8 March 1999 Moly: a prototype handheld 3D digitizer with diffraction optics

Thomas Ditto, Douglas A. Lyon

Proceedings Volume 3640, Three-Dimensional Image Capture and Applications II; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.341072
Event: Electronic Imaging '99, 1999, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

A working hand-held 3D digitizer, Moly, is demonstrated. It is distinguished by a magnification feature which is made possible by special diffraction optics that minimize the perspective effects typical of conventional triangulation. As a result this innovative device illuminates its target with a collimated laser projector that produces a sheet of light of uniform height at all working distances. The diffraction optics afford improved depth-of-field compared to triangulation scanners of equivalent resolution. This prototype also employs dual magnetic wave detectors to facilitate freedom of movement for both the digitizer and the subject. The instrument was designed primarily to digitize human faces and figures for applications in art and medicine.

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Thomas Ditto and Douglas A. Lyon "Moly: a prototype handheld 3D digitizer with diffraction optics", Proc. SPIE 3640, Three-Dimensional Image Capture and Applications II, (8 March 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.341072

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