SBIR Phase I: Real-time 3D Tracking and Position Measurement System Using Scanning MEMS Mirrors

这个小企业创新研究（SBIR）第一阶段项目提出了一个基于mems的光学3D跟踪和3D位置测量系统，以显着推进3D位置输入和运动传感系统。与现有技术相比，这种传感系统将使与计算机、机器人和其他机器的实时交互更加直观、精确和自然。利用扫描MEMS反射镜、激光、光学和光学传感器，该跟踪系统可以快速准确地确定位置、方向和运动速度。实时3D跟踪有许多潜在的应用。该光学传感器将在房间等大空间内提供小目标物体的X、Y和Z位置信息，精度可达亚毫米，更新速度低于0.1ms。这些可能包括用于视频游戏、PC交互、工业机器人控制、起重机操作等的控制器。拥有可以跟随我们的手或手指并理解我们意图的控制器将使人机交互成为更愉快、更符合人体工程学和更精确的体验。Mirrorcle Technologies一直是MEMS反射镜领域的技术领导者。然而，建立这样一个3D跟踪系统需要在光学设计、闭环控制、嵌入式计算和封装方面进行重大创新。这个项目更广泛的影响/商业潜力是实现一种更优越、更经济、更准确的人机交互方式。在现代社会，人机交互是必不可少的。与我们交互的机器数量将继续增加，交互将变得越来越复杂。然而，人机交互往往不愉快和直观。由键盘、鼠标和不良姿势引起的人体工学损伤越来越普遍。开发更直观的交互能力将满足我们日益电子化的世界的巨大需求。增加更多的旋钮和按钮并不是正确的解决方案。我们相信基于3D跟踪的输入设备可以发展成直观自然的方式，让人们与增强现实和虚拟现实环境进行交互。它可能会提高我们处理比我们的手工灵巧范围大得多或小得多的物体的能力。最终，它可以帮助我们驾驭一个更加复杂的计算机化世界。

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project proposes to dramatically advance 3D position input and motion sensing systems with a MEMS-based optical 3D tracking and 3D position measurements system. This sensing system would enable real time interaction with computers, robots, and other machinery in ways that are more intuitive, precise and natural compared to existing technologies. Using scanning MEMS mirrors, lasers, optics and optical sensors, this tracking system can quickly and precisely determine location, direction, and rate of movement. Real time 3D tracking has many potential applications. The proposed optical sensor will provide X,Y, and Z position information of a small target object down to sub-millimeter precision in large spaces such as a room and at update rates below 0.1ms. These might include controllers for video games, PC interactions, industrial robot controls, crane operations, etc. Having controllers that can follow our hands or fingers and interpret our intentions would make human-machine interaction a more enjoyable, ergonomic, and precise experience. Mirrorcle Technologies has been a technical leader in the area of MEMS mirrors. However, building such a 3D tracking system requires significant innovation in optical design, closed-loop control, embedded computing, and packaging. The broader impact/commercial potential of this project is to enable a superior, more economical, and more accurate means of interacting with machines by humans. Human machine interaction is a necessity in our modern world. The number of machines we interact with will continue to increase, and interactions will be increasingly complex. However, human-machine interaction is often not pleasant and intuitive. Ergonomic injuries caused by keyboard, mouse, and poor posture are increasingly common. Developing capabilities for more intuitive interaction will serve a great need for our increasingly electronic world. Adding more knobs and buttons is not the right solution. We believe that input devices based on 3D tracking can be developed into intuitive and natural ways for people to interact with augmented and virtual reality environments. It may enhance our ability to work with objects much bigger or smaller than our range of manual dexterity. Ultimately, it can help us navigate an ever more complex computerized world.