Macro Imaging System with Extended Depth of Field for Industrial Inspection

本项目由“研究中心-小企业协同研发”计划资助。这项研究涉及光电计算系统ERC成像系统实验室（ISL）和CDM光学公司（Boulder, CO .）的联合研究，该公司计划将研究结果应用于光学检测问题。CDM Optics将开发信号处理硬件，以视频速率进行处理，并对ISL提供的信号处理算法进行任何修改，这些修改可能需要将其放入集成电路芯片中。整个系统的最终测试将在ISL中完成，并与CDM光学公司进行交互。模拟可以将系统的光学和信号处理一起进行，以便可以改进信号处理算法，并对光学系统进行任何修改。在这项工作中，将确定光学元件上的公差。将信号处理算法放在处理芯片上，进行初步实验。最后的实验系统将在ISL组装，实验将在CDM光学完成。如果项目成功，那么CDM光学公司可以将该技术商业化，应用于需要视频速率图像的应用，从工业检测和小部件定位开始。

EEC-99-03822NeffThis project is supported under the initiative on "Research Centers - Small Firms Collaborative R&D." The study concerns joint research between the Imaging Systems Laboratory (ISL) of the ERC for Optoelectronic Computing Systems and CDM Optics, Inc., Boulder, CO, which plans to apply the results to the problem of optical inspection. CDM Optics will develop signal processing hardware to do the processing at video rates, and do any modifications to the signal processing algorithms, supplied by the ISL, that may be required to put them into an integrated circuit chip. The final tests of the complete system will be done in the ISL, with interaction with CDM Optics. Simulations can be done with the optics and the signal processing of the system together so that the signal processing algorithms can be refined, and any modifications made to the optical system. During this work, tolerances on the optical elements will be determined. The signal processing algorithm will be put on a processing chip so that preliminary experiments can be started. The final experimental system will be assembled in the ISL and the experiments completed at CDM Optics. If the project is successful, then CDM Optics can commercialize the technology in applications that require video-rate images, starting with industrial inspection and the positioning of small parts.