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- From: josephc@cco.caltech.edu (Joseph Chiu)
- Newsgroups: comp.robotics,sci.electronics
- Subject: Re: Measuring the acceleration of an arrow.
- Date: 24 Nov 1992 04:53:02 GMT
- Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
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- kilian@cray.com (Alan Kilian) writes:
-
- >Well here's another project for you.
- > [Describes project to measure acceleration of an arrow]
-
- Well, I would take your approach of the "black and white" stripes on the
- arrow and modify it a little bit... If you had access to a laser scanner
- assembly, it would form an ideal high-resolution sampling device compared
- to a phototransistor. Actually, now that I think about it, a CCD element
- might also do the job... Even at top speeds of 200 ft/second, we're looking
- at 38 KHz rate for 1/4" steps on the arrow with 4 points per region... Not
- too bad, me thinks (for a CCD, that is)...
-
- The idea is to sample your image continuously at a high speed. Then, the
- only thing you need is the "start" trigger... An edge transition in your
- input...
-
- Then, smooth the results post-collection.
-
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- Joseph Chiu, Dept. of Computer Science, Caltech. josephc@coil.caltech.edu
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