SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING MULTIPLE, INTERLACED IMAGES USING A SINGLE SCANNING CAMERA WITH MULTIPLE, ALTERNATING LIGHT SOURCES

摘要

A system and method for generating multiple, interlaced images using one scanning camera with multiple, alternately strobed light sources. The system is comprised of a CCD line scanning camera, two or more strobed light sources, an image processing computer, and electronic circuitry facilitating the synchronization of the CCD line scanning camera and the light sources. As the object of interest is imaged by the line scanning camera, the light sources are individually and sequentially strobed as each line is exposed. The resulting electronic image will contain interlaced lines, with each line illuminated by only one of the light sources. The resulting image will then be de-interlaced by the image processing computer to produce multiple, separate images concordant with the number of light sources, with each image illuminated by a single light source.