Can Infrared used to measure distance?This is because commonly found in the market is ultrasonic measurer with laser pointing to measure distance.Any suggestion?Or somebody with this infrared measurer project?
2007-03-11 05:47:48 · 2 answers · asked by imranhakim03 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
dear arbiter007 he is talking about infrared or did i get the question wrong?
2007-03-15 06:37:57 · answer #1 · answered by purimani2005 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are already a ton of products on the market. Do a websearch for "laser rangefinder"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_rangefinder
These can measure ranges with accuracies ranging from 5 m to 5 mm
Example:
http://www.lasertech.com/
more accurate systems that work over shorter ranges are laser interferometers:
http://www.aerotech.com/products/engref/intexe.html
These can measure distances with accuracy down to the angstrom range
2007-03-15 02:53:11 · answer #2 · answered by arbiter007 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋