IP Library Granted Patent US 11,221,412
Granted Patent B2
US 11,221,412 · App. 16/302,606 · Granted Jan 11, 2022

Eye-safe laser triangulation measurement system

Inventors: Qiang Wang (Wuhu, CN); Runxi Zhang (Wuhu, CN); Tao He (Wuhu, CN); Wenlong Liao (Wuhu, CN); Jianfei Zhang (Wuhu, CN); Lei Zhao (Wuhu, CN); Ding Huang (Wuhu, CN); Liyuan Liu (Wuhu, CN)
Assignee: ANHUI COWAROBOT CO., LTD.
G01S17/48G01S7/484G01S7/4814G01S7/4816G01S7/4876G01S7/497G01S17/08
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Patent No.
US 11,221,412
App. No.
16/302,606
Granted
Jan 11, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides an eye-safe laser triangulation measurement system, including a laser transmitter, an optical projection apparatus, a laser beam capturing unit, a cooperation unit, and an image processing apparatus. The laser transmitter is configured to generate point pulse laser of a pulse laser beam. The optical projection apparatus is disposed at a front end of the laser transmitter, and is configured to convert the point pulse laser into a line laser. The laser beam capturing unit is configured to capture reflected light obtained by the line laser at a target position to obtain a laser image. The cooperation unit is configured to control on and off of the laser transmitter, and control capture of the laser beam capturing unit. The image processing apparatus is configured to perform 3D modeling on the laser image to obtain a distance to the target position.

Claims (25)

1. An eye-safe laser triangulation measurement system, comprising:

a laser transmitter;

an optical projection apparatus;

a laser beam capturing unit;

a cooperation unit; and

an image processing apparatus, wherein

the laser transmitter is configured to generate point pulse laser of a pulse laser beam;

the optical projection apparatus is disposed at a front end of the laser transmitter, and is configured to convert the point pulse laser into a line laser;

the laser beam capturing unit is configured to capture reflected light obtained by the line laser at a target position to obtain a laser image;

the cooperation unit is configured to control on and off of the laser transmitter, and control capture of the laser beam capturing unit; and

the image processing apparatus is configured to perform 3D modeling on the laser image to obtain a distance to the target position;

wherein the laser transmitter comprises a laser diode, a constant current source, and a protective circuit, wherein

the constant current source receives triggering by a trigger signal of the cooperation unit and turns off after a turn-on time T on ;

when the constant current source is within the turn-on time, the laser diode generates the point pulse laser; and

the protective circuit is configured to control the turn-on time T on to be less than a predetermined threshold.

2. The eye-safe laser triangulation measurement system according to claim 1 , wherein

the laser beam capturing unit is a photographic camera, and a narrowband bandpass filter is provided at a front end of a camera of the photographic camera; and

a central wavelength of the narrowband bandpass filter is the same as a wavelength of laser emitted by the laser transmitter, the narrowband bandpass filter being capable of filtering out effects of most natural light on the system.

3. The eye-safe laser triangulation measurement system according to claim 2 , wherein

the cooperation unit generates a pulse control signal to control opening and closing of a shutter of the photographic camera, and control on and off of the laser transmitter;

a laser transmitter generates laser according to a switching interval of the shutter of the photographic camera, so that every two times the shutter is opened, the laser transmitter generates laser; and

because a time interval between pulse control signals is short, a background difference between two consecutive laser images is small, and laser point pixels can be extracted from background pixels by comparing the two consecutive laser images.

4. The eye-safe laser triangulation measurement system according to claim 1 , wherein the image processing apparatus further performs filtering processing and laser line extraction on the laser image, and performs 3D modeling on the extracted laser line.

5. The eye-safe laser triangulation measurement system according to claim 1 , wherein the protective circuit controls the turn-on time Ton to be less than 50 μs by using a timer timing manner and a hardware circuit timing manner.

6. The eye-safe laser triangulation measurement system according to claim 1 , wherein an output power of the laser diode is 200 mW.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 4, 2025
From: ANHUI COWAROBOT CO., LTD.
To: COWA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 070389/0779 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 16, 2018
From: WANG, QIANG; ZHANG, RUNXI; HE, TAO; LIAO, WENLONG; ZHANG, JIANFEI; ZHAO, LEI; HUANG, DING; LIU, LIYUAN
To: ANHUI COWAROBOT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 047532/0629 →
Continuity (1)
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