Electro-optical leveler using a bowl-shaped lens

Daniel Jih-Huah Wu; Shiuan-Leh Lin; Jun-Gi Chen; Rong-Seng Chang

doi:10.1117/1.2188413

1 April 2006 Electro-optical leveler using a bowl-shaped lens

Daniel Jih-Huah Wu, Shiuan-Leh Lin, Jun-Gi Chen, Rong-Seng Chang

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Optical Engineering, 45(4), 043603 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.2188413

Abstract

A low-cost, compact electro-optical leveler, using a CMOS image sensor, has been developed for level measurement. The two-lens optical system is designed to find the tilt information for the total system. ZEMAX is used to design and predict the performance of this optical system. One lens is bowl-shaped so that it can hold a liquid. The centroid of the light spot on the CMOS image sensor is converted into pixel coordinates proportional to the tilt angle to be measured. The experimental results verified the simulation results. The reading tilt angle can be estimated with a resolution at better than 8 arcsec.

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Daniel Jih-Huah Wu, Daniel Jih-Huah Wu, Shiuan-Leh Lin, Shiuan-Leh Lin, Jun-Gi Chen, Jun-Gi Chen, Rong-Seng Chang, Rong-Seng Chang, } "Electro-optical leveler using a bowl-shaped lens," Optical Engineering 45(4), 043603 (1 April 2006). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.2188413 . Submission:

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