The camera that can see round CORNERS?
The camera that can see round CORNERS: Gadget identifies hidden shapes by tracking changes in light waves and ‘echoes’
- Computer scientists at University of Bonn developed the camera system
- It lets users see round corners without using mirrors, like a periscope
- System uses diffusely reflected light from a laser to reconstruct the shape of objects outside the cameras’ field of view
Crude contraptions using mirrors to see round corners have been used for centuries as spying devices, as well as at war.
But now scientists have developed a camera system that lets users see round corners using laser light.
By tracking diffusely reflected light, the invention reconstructs the shape of objects outside of the field of view.
Researchers at the University of Bonn and the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, came up with the array of devices.
A laser is shone on a surface, such as a wall, and serves as a source of scattered light, as well as the source of information.
In a demonstration, a laser is shown shining on a white wall, while a camera watches the scene. All it can see initially through the lens is a ‘spot’ of light.