Laser | Laser rangefinder applications
Laser | Laser rangefinders are widely used in terrain surveying, battlefield surveying, ranging of tanks, aircraft, ships and artillery to targets, and measuring the height of clouds, aircraft, missiles and artificial satellites. It is an important technical equipment to improve the accuracy of high tanks, aircraft, ships and artillery. As the price of laser rangefinders continues to drop, the industry has gradually begun to use laser rangefinders, which can be widely used in industrial measurement and control, mining, ports and other fields.
1. Using the principle of infrared ranging or laser ranging
The principle of ranging can basically be attributed to measuring the time required for the light to travel to and from the target, and then calculate the distance D through the speed of light c = 299792458m/s and the atmospheric refraction coefficient n. Because it is difficult to measure time directly, it is usually to measure the phase of the continuous wave, which is called a phase-measuring rangefinder. Of course, there are also pulsed rangefinders, typically WILD's DI-3000.
It should be noted that the phase measurement does not measure the phase of the infrared or laser, but measures the phase of the signal modulated on the infrared or laser. The construction industry has a handheld laser rangefinder for house measurements that works the same way.
2. The plane of the measuring object must be perpendicular to the light
Usually, precise ranging requires the cooperation of a total reflection prism, and the rangefinder used for house measurement is directly measured by reflection from a smooth wall, mainly because the distance is relatively close, and the signal strength of the reflected light is large enough. It can be known from this that it must be vertical, otherwise the return signal is too weak and the precise distance cannot be obtained.
1. Using the principle of infrared ranging or laser ranging
The principle of ranging can basically be attributed to measuring the time required for the light to travel to and from the target, and then calculate the distance D through the speed of light c = 299792458m/s and the atmospheric refraction coefficient n. Because it is difficult to measure time directly, it is usually to measure the phase of the continuous wave, which is called a phase-measuring rangefinder. Of course, there are also pulsed rangefinders, typically WILD's DI-3000.
It should be noted that the phase measurement does not measure the phase of the infrared or laser, but measures the phase of the signal modulated on the infrared or laser. The construction industry has a handheld laser rangefinder for house measurements that works the same way.
2. The plane of the measuring object must be perpendicular to the light
Usually, precise ranging requires the cooperation of a total reflection prism, and the rangefinder used for house measurement is directly measured by reflection from a smooth wall, mainly because the distance is relatively close, and the signal strength of the reflected light is large enough. It can be known from this that it must be vertical, otherwise the return signal is too weak and the precise distance cannot be obtained.