Optoelectronic Sensors and Videometry

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Department of Measurement

Synopsis:

This course explains the topics of optoelectronic sensors, especialy CCD sensors, and their application in the videometry based contacless measurements. The problems of CCD line and area sensors, design of measuring cameras and the methods of signal processing are presented.

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Syllabus of lectures:

1. Introduction to videometry

2. The analysis of videometry methods

3. Lighting sources for videometry

4. Design of fotodiode sensors and their signal circuits

5. CCD line and area sensors, the error analysis

6. The design of a control block for CCD sensors, TV standard

7. Analog circuits for the CCD signal processing

8. Video signal digitalization and microcomputer interfacing

9. The selection and parameter calculation of the optical systems

10. The software methods of errors correction of sensors and optics

11. The dimension measurement with an enhanced resolution

12. The use of CCD -TV camera in the videometry

13. The triangulation methods of measurement of shape and position

14. The design of automatic production inspection systems

Syllabus of tutorials:

1. Introduction

2. Position measurement by the circular differential photodiode

3. PSD sensor parameters measurement

4. Optoelectronic sensors sensitivity measurement

5. CCD TV camera videosignal measurement

6. Area measurement based on CCD camera and frame grabber

7. Measurement of CCD line sensor

8. Dimensions and shape control of metallic sheet objects

9. CCD line camera

10. The circularity measurement of flat objects

11. The estimation of geometrical errors of CCD camera based systems

12. The basics of digital image processing

13. The measurement of optoelectronic couplers

14. The evaluation of measurement results

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Study materials:

[1] Singh, J.: Optoelectronics - an Introduction to Materials and Devices.

McGraw-Hill, 1996

[2] Hecht, E.: Optics. Addison-Wesley Longman, Inc., 1998

[3] www.dalsa.com

[4] www.kodak.com

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Further information:

No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans: