Patent ID: 9087387
Filing Date: 2015-07-21
Classification: G01C,G01S,G05D,G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. A 3D camera system with a field of view adapted to capture a composite 3D image of a figure of interest within said field of view, the 3D camera system comprising: a computer adapted to generate a clock signal and an initiation signal to start data acquisition following the emission of an illuminating light pulse; a pulsed light source having a beam shaping element, said pulsed light source emitting at least one light pulse illuminating the figure of interest within said field of view; a digital memory circuit connected to said computer and to a 3D sensor; a 2D camera having an overlapping field of view, and a 2D image output connected to said computer; a 3D sensor connected to the computer and adapted both to acquire a ladar 3D image of said field of view and to store the ladar 3D image in said digital memory; wherein said 3D sensor includes: wherein the computer is adapted to develop a composite 3D image from the ladar 3D image output and the 2D image output.