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8 Understanding the field of view
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TeraRangerOnedistancemeasurementsarebasedonaninfraredtimeofflightprinciple:
thesensoremitsaninfraredsignalandcalculatesthedistancetothetargetbasedonthe
timeittakesforthereflectedsignaltobedetected.Thesystemisopticalandmeasured
withinaspecificfieldofview,whichis3degrees.
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Thisfieldofviewcorrespondstoadetectionwindowof4.5cmx4.5cmatadistanceof1m,
andthiswindowsizescaleslinearlywithdistance.Ifmultipletargetsareplacedinthefieldof
viewofthesensor,adistanceaveragingeffectwilloccur.Thisisrepresentedinthefollowing
picture,whosedimensionshavebeenexaggeratedforclarity(notethattheactualfieldof
viewis3degrees!):
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ShouldyouneedtomountyourTeraRangerOnesensorsbehindorwithinaprotective
screen,suchasglassorplastic,pleasecontact[e-mail]sothatwecan
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