摘要 |
Method and apparatus for producing imagery of an object having distinct vertical geometry characteristics located at a reference plane remote from a scanning laser. In particular, a laser beam is utilized to scan objects at the reference plane and the optical signal reflected therefrom, corresponding to the reflectivity of the objects and background, is detected. An electrical signal, corresponding to the detected reflectivity signal, is coupled to an RF amplifier, the output of the RF amplifier being applied to an amplitude demodulator. The output of the amplitude demodulator, corresponding to the reflectivity and vertical geometry characteristics of the object at the reference plane, is applied to a recording device to produce the aforementioned imagery.
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