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First Low Resolution 3D Point Cloud from Proto-4F

The cameras are finally calibrated, and the communications and power systems are installed and working. Now I can finally begin producing scans to test and fine tune the software. Today I scanned part of the lab, and the animated GIF illustrates the 3D nature of the scan. When producing a 3D model, multiple perspectives must…

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Converting 16 bit Images to 8-bit Images

We spent the last year designing and building a camera and software that can capture images with pixels that are 16-bits deep.  It isn’t easy to view these images since most tools expect 8-bit images, so the following routine is used to squeeze the 65,536 values in the 16-bit image down to the 256 values…