IP Library Granted Patent US 8,487,999
Granted Patent B2
US 8,487,999 · App. 12/598,578 · Granted Jul 16, 2013

Apparatus for measurement of surface profile

Inventors: Young-Woong Yoo (Seoul, KR); Young-Jin Choi (Seoul, KR); Cheol-Hoon Cho (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: Pemtron Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,487,999
App. No.
12/598,578
Granted
Jul 16, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus for measurement of the surface profile detecting 2D-image of the surface of the object. The apparatus for measurement of the surface profile according to the present invention comprises a first light source illuminating a first one-color light to the surface of the object; a second light source illuminating a second one-color light of which color is different from the first one-color light to the surface of the object; a black-and-white camera capturing the first one-color light and the second one-color light reflected from the surface of the object, which are illuminated from the first light source and the second light source; and a controller controlling the first light source, the second light source and the black-and-white camera to obtain a first black-and-white image data and a second black-and-white image data corresponding to the first one-color light and the second one-color light respectively in the state that the first one-color light and the second one-color light are illuminated to the surface of the object, and generating a synthesized color image of the surface of the object using the first black-and-white image data and the second black-and-white image data. Thus, it is possible to obtain the color 2D-image using the low-priced black-and-white camera, and it is also possible to improve processing speed by means of using the black-and-white camera of which processing speed is faster than that of a color camera.

Claims (10)

1. An apparatus for measurement of a surface profile capturing 2D-image of a surface of an object, the apparatus comprising;

a first light source illuminating a first one-color light to the surface of the object;

a second light source illuminating a second one-color light of which color is different from the first one-color light to the surface of the object;

a black-and-white camera capturing the first one-color light and the second one-color light reflected from the surface of the object, which are illuminated from the first light source and the second light source; and

a controller controlling the first light source, the second light source and the black-and-white camera to obtain a first black-and-white image data and a second black-and-white image data corresponding to the first one-color light and the second one-color light respectively in the state that the first one-color light and the second one-color light are illuminated to the surface of the object, and generating a synthesized color image of the surface of the object using the first black-and-white image data and the second black-and-white image data

wherein the first one-color light comprises one of a green-color light and a blue-color light, and the second one-color light comprises a red-color light,

the controller calculates a third black-and-white image data corresponding to one of the green-color light and the blue-color light on the basis of the first black-and-white image data obtained by the illumination of the other of the green-color light and the blue-color light and of the second black-and-white image data, and generates the synthesized color image by synthesizing the first black-and-white image data, the second black-and-white image data and the third black-and-white image data, and

the controller calculates the third black-and-white image data using a formula of I — 3rd_data=n×(I — 1st_data) k +m×(I — 2nd_data) p (here, I — 1st_data is the first black-and-white image data, I — 2nd_data is the second black-and-white image data, I — 3rd_data is the third black-and-white image data, n and k is a constant number given to the first black-and-white image data for calculating the third black-and-white image data, and m and p is a constant number given to the second black-and-white image data for calculating the third black-and-white image data).

2. The apparatus for measurement of the surface profile according to claim 1 , wherein the controller generates the synthesized color image by means of recognizing the first black-and-white image data, the second black-and-white image data and the third black-and-white image data as RGB data of each pixel.

3. The apparatus for measurement of the surface profile according to claim 1 , wherein the black-and-white camera is provided with a type of an area-scan camera or a line-scan camera.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 15, 2009
From: YOO, YOUNG-WOONG; CHOI, YOUNG-JIN; CHO, CHEOL-HOON
To: PEMTRON CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2008-0046004 · May 19, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20100289893A1 · Nov 18, 2010