Re: [oopic] New range finder needed

I think I'm merging two different ideas. A camera would work for imaging the
line, but if I was to use a camera, I'd not want to be throwing away the
rest of the information included in the image, because there would be other
things there that I could make use of.

Brian Lloyd-6 wrote:
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> On Mar 9, 2008, at 5:24 PM, Shaggy wrote:
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>> Much, I can visualize that pretty well. It sounds like the ideal
>> imager would
>> be the CMUCam, or something like that, since you would want some
>> kind of 2D
>> array like a camera. Obviously, that would have to be wi-fi or some
>> such,
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> Why? You don't need to keep or transfer the data. All you want are the
> coordinates of where the line ends up on the imaging array.
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>> since the datastream would be pretty hefty. It also sounds like if I
>> was to
>> go that route, I might as well do some image manipulation, as well.
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> Well, you could but you wouldn't be transmitting the image.
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>> Also sounds like it might cost a bit, so it will have to wait, as
>> spring is
>> upon me, and all my cash will go into my back yard for the next few
>> months,
>> but at least I can start researching the hardware a bit.
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> Well, you should be able to do it with something like a CMUcam. That's
> not too hefty.
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