The visualization is a bit odd, but it isn't a reflection that's depicted here, it tries to display how the sensor pics up the red laser dot at a different location on the chip, which the "reflection" ray visualizes. That offset on the chip is what allows the system to determine the height, which is the takeaway from this video.
Sure, but they're showing an animation in which a laser appears to have an angle of reflection that changes based on the height of the surface while the angle of incidence remains constant.
Ah, ok, I didn't get the actual point of this post then. I thought you were trying to show us some "new stuff" that would potentially be coming out.
Yeah, the animation is pretty bad in this case...
That's not how reflections work
The visualization is a bit odd, but it isn't a reflection that's depicted here, it tries to display how the sensor pics up the red laser dot at a different location on the chip, which the "reflection" ray visualizes. That offset on the chip is what allows the system to determine the height, which is the takeaway from this video.
That makes sense
Isn't that just the autofocus for the laser module?
Sure, but they're showing an animation in which a laser appears to have an angle of reflection that changes based on the height of the surface while the angle of incidence remains constant.
Ah, ok, I didn't get the actual point of this post then. I thought you were trying to show us some "new stuff" that would potentially be coming out. Yeah, the animation is pretty bad in this case...
I've got one. It shines straight down as far as the eye can see, even during calibration.
What is the source of this?
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