Having begun the prototyping of a SAN (Swiss Army Knife)
optical workstation, some questions have come up.

My intention is to have a portable platform which has programable
lighting ( IR thru UV ) and a camera that will take wide angle,
telecentric and macro shots.  ( Under computer control )

I am guessing that some telecentric characteristics can be faked by  
moving
the camera ( or object ) around and stitching pixels together so that  
vertical
surfaces do not block the observation of details next to them.  Or  
maybe a
telecentric lense system is a better approach? Cost and weight are  
issues
here.

http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/3d/telecent.htm

Another issue I was pondering was whether the resolution of the  
camera could be
improved by taking a shot, moving it a fraction of a pixel, taking a  
shot, moving it a
fraction of a pixel, .......   Would it be possible to compute sub- 
pixels by doing this ?
Or would it be better to zoom in, take a shot of a small portion of  
the object, move to the
next section, etc.   and then stitch the sectors together ?  A  
telecentric lens might help
with this.  Can a telecentric lens be zoomed ?

Thanks

AGSC
Augustus Gustavius Salvatore Calabrese 720.222.1309    AGSC
www.omegadogs.com   Denver, CO

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