Patent ID: 6377700
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: G01B,G06T,H04N

Abstract:
An apparatus comprising:a light source having a diffracting device to project a structured light onto a target object; a filter coupled with the diffracting device to encode the structured light being projected onto the target object, wherein the encoding of the structured light allows a first component of the structured light to be distinguished from a second component of the structured light; and a plurality of imaging devices to capture images of the target object, wherein said plurality of imaging devices collect: a first image of at least a portion of the surface of the target object; a second image of at least a portion of the surface of the target object; and textural data associated with the target object; said plurality of imaging devices comprising at least two monochrome imaging devices to collect the first image and the second image and at least one color imaging device to collect the textural data.