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Optics and laser beam width, need help please.

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2Spoons
Thu Dec 06 2012, 09:24PM
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Patrick wrote ...


EDIT [A thought] : i wonder if a half parabola or involute curved mirror could be used to linearize the distance/pixel relation at the near and far circumstance?i just dont know how clear the image would be if i used mirror film 0.125mm thick, since this means a complex curve.[/size]



Short answer is yes. But you will probably also need a compensating optic to maintain focus, and neither piece will be easy to make. In fact they will be bloody difficult without some serious tooling.
I know its possible as we have wall mounted short throw projectors at work that can put an image underneath the projector on the same wall! The output mirror is a crazy shape.
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Patrick
Thu Dec 06 2012, 10:52PM
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2Spoons wrote ...

The output mirror is a crazy shape.
i figuered it would be.
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Patrick
Sat Dec 08 2012, 08:23AM
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ok, im going to get the initial optical path started.

First, ill epoxy the planar convex lens to the color filter.
then. ill make a small light tight case for the internals...

later, after the initial prototyping, ill figure out how to rotate it.
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Patrick
Mon Dec 10 2012, 03:11AM
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pics
1355109078 2431 FT147072 Basic
basic arrangement, this prtotype (1-A), blind from 300mm and closer, but can see from 300mm to 6 meters. Im tjinking that its not practical to use one emitter and pixel array, but that two should be used, a near one and pointed in a different direction, a far one. this way i dont have so many useless pixels between 2m and 300mm.


1355109078 2431 FT147072 Dist
Distance and the 2000ish pixel array. note most of the resolution is right where its not needed, between 300mm and 2m.


1355109078 2431 FT147072 Fl
Main optic and sensor array.


1355109078 2431 FT147072 Ranges
ranges.
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