Implementation of 3D Scanner Using IR Distance Sensor

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As we look throughout history, the wealthy and privileged have had access to useful technologies, before the masses. When cars, televisions, and even computers first entered the market, they were revolutionary but overpriced. This discouraged people from acquiring them. These technologies are not necessities to life, but they play big roles in making life more convenient. 3D scanners are relatively new technologies that have many useful applications, but yet very few people own them, mostly due to the expense of the product. We will talk about a way to create a cheap standalone 3D scanning system, which through the use of processing information taken by a camera and line IRs, can create digitized 3D models. These models can be used in digital animation or printed with 3D printers for a wide variety of applications. Many different technologies can be used to build these 3D scanning devices; each technology comes with its own limitations, advantages, and costs. Many limitations in the kind of objects that can be digitized are still present: for example, optical technologies encounter many difficulties with shiny, mirroring, or transparent objects. There are several different kinds of 3D IR scanners, with prices ranging from the couple thousands to the hundreds of thousands.

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