The laser chip turns the phone into a 3D scanner
Now using a mobile phone camera is becoming more and more popular, thanks to the Caltech scientists, soon, the phone can also with 3 d camera, many sites, including light grain network before and have had a lot of 3 d scan information, such as mobile phones can be used to scan a coffee cup and immediately send the data to a 3 d printer, to make a the same cup.
The breakthrough in this technology is that the 3D scanner is small enough to fit into a mobile phone because the existing system is so bulky and bulky.Caltech has developed a microsilicon chip called nanophotonic imager (NCI), which USES the array's LIDAR sensor, which is similar to a LIDAR, to detect the distance and size of the object.Incorporating the technology into a one-square-millimeter chip, the implant is no longer a dream.
The NCI support only 4-4 array element of LIDAR, so scanning the object only 16 bit resolution, but by increasing the scanning distance, can increase accuracy, such as outside half a meter scan a penny can be accurate to the accuracy of micron grade it.In future studies, smaller LIDAR sensors with larger arrays will also be used to scan small objects.
It seems that the future selfie is not limited to the plane, but also has depth.
