A PASSIVE MULTICHANNEL 3D RANGE SENSOR USING THE PUPIL DIVISION AND TEMPORAL PHASE MEASUREMENT METHOD

A new generation of a monocular multi range sensor will be presented. The passively working range sensor tin an arrangement with m n chann els) is based on the method of splitting the optic's pupil in combinat ion with a temporal phase measurement method. First results of the pro totype will illustrate its capability. Optical distance measurement sy stems can be provided into active and passive methods. The sensor prot otype presented here belongs to the group of passive methods like the stereoscopic measurement method It doesn't require a special structure d illumination or light pulses like other active methods (e.g. line or grid illumination, Gray cone projection, Moire pi-ejection, time of f light) [1]. The fields of application of the multi range sensor protot ype comprise visual aids for blind people, collision avoidance for rob ots and vehicles, volume measurement of bulky goods, and other industr ial applications.