Optical Flow Sensor Camera Purple V1.0 (Position Measuring By Image Processing)

Description

An optical flow sensor is a vision sensor capable of measuring optical flow or visual motion and output a displacement measurement based on optical flow (image Pixels counts). This sensor have wide applications and be used for quadcopter position and altitude holding (hovering). It can be also used in mobile robots guidance and positioning. It can also be used for object detection This sensor is based on the idea of optical mouse (image sensor). It senses the image (camera sensor) of a surface or an object by taking very large number of images (frames) in short time. When the position of the object change the corresponding pixels position change. Using build in image processing algorithm, then the displacement of the object can be defined. For more information on optical flow sensors and how does it work, click here Research paper on optical flow for position hold Research paper on optical flow for object avoidance Description: Lens size: 4.2mm 2.0 Mega Pixel Suit for APM2.52 APM2.6 Flight Controller Quadcopter Multicopter Package Information: Package size: 6 * 4.5 * 3cm / 2.4 * 1.8 * 1.2in Package weight: 16g / 0.5oz Package List: 1 * Purple Optical Flow Sensor