SURFACE HEIGHT MEASUREMENT SYSTEM
    1.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200232785A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-23

    申请号:US16486469

    申请日:2017-04-01

    Abstract: A first camera and a second camera oriented at different angles and spaced a separation distance to determine surface height measurements. The cameras are focused at a lens focal length to a surface area to record a captured image pair of x-y pixels having common features of the surface area. Correlation of the captured image pair is performed to measure a set of disparity distances between the common features in the captured image pair using a fiducial to assist. The set of disparity distances is converted to a set of z-height measurements with a resolution incorporating the separation distance, the lens focal length, the set of disparity distances, and a calibration error factor.

    BUILD MATERIAL PARTICLE OPTICAL PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION

    公开(公告)号:US20210276264A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-09

    申请号:US16608354

    申请日:2018-03-23

    Abstract: According to examples, an apparatus may include a processor and a memory on which are stored machine-readable instructions that when executed by the processor, cause the processor to access a stereoscopic three-dimensional (3D) image of a layer including solidified build material particles. The instructions may also cause the processor to identify an optical property of the solidified build material particles at a location on the layer from the stereoscopic 3D image. The instructions may further cause the processor to determine whether the identified optical property exceeds a predefined threshold and based on a determination that the identified optical property exceeds the predefined threshold, output an indication that the layer includes an optical property that exceeds the predefined threshold.

    AUTOMATED CALIBRATION TARGET STANDS
    5.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200213576A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-02

    申请号:US16608396

    申请日:2017-09-14

    Abstract: Example methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacturing for calibrating a stereo vision system are described herein. An example stereo vision calibration system includes an automated calibration target stand to support a calibration target. The example stereo vision calibration system further includes a calibrator to control the automated calibration target stand to move the calibration target to a plurality of positions according to a sequence of positions while the automated calibration target stand is disposed in an additive manufacturing (AM) machine, and control a stereo vision system of the AM machine to obtain images of the calibration target in the plurality of positions.

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