Optical 3-D-measurement techniques : a survey

Abstract

Close range photogrammetry will be more frequently applied in industry for 3-D-sensing when real time processing can be applied. Computer vision, machine vision, robot vision are in fact synonymous with real time photogrammetry. This overview paper concentrates on optical methods for 3-D-measurements. Incoherent and coherent methods for 3-D-sensing will be presented. Particular emphasis is put on high precision 3-D-measurements. Some of the work of our laboratory will be reported.