Patent ID: 8014002

Claim:
A structured light sensor system for measuring contour of a surface, comprising: an imaging lens system that focuses light that is reflected from the surface using at least one lens, wherein the imaging lens system has a corresponding lens plane of focus, and wherein the light reflected from the surface is indicative of the contour of the surface; an image capturing device that captures the focused light, and that generates data corresponding to the captured light, wherein the image capturing device has a corresponding image plane of focus, and wherein the image plane of focus is not parallel to the lens plane of focus; a first set of micro electromechanical system (MEMS) mirrors that direct the focused light to the image capturing device; and a control module that receives the data from the image capturing device corresponding to the captured light, that determines a quality of focus of the captured light based on the received data, and that controls the first set of MEMS mirrors based on the quality of focus to maintain a Scheimpflug tilt condition between the lens plane of focus and the image plane of focus.