METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING AN OBJECT

摘要

A method and apparatus for measuring a distant object by using both a front camera and back camera of, for example, a cellular telephone. The cameras may or may not be used simultaneously. The back camera is directed towards the object being measured, the front camera is directed to the operator of the device. The measurement of the object is accomplished using two or more pictures of the object taken from different positions. A distance between these positions is calculated from the pictures of one or several reference objects/points taken by the frontal camera.