Mirrored Pixels
Be aware that as the same object arrives from opposite directions, the first acquired pixels are made from the other end
of the object. As your Cognex software stitches them together in the order of arrival and builds up the image, the result is
that the object from one of the two directions looks mirrored.
Here an object arrives in the lens to laser direction and the range image it generates:
Here an object arrives in the laser to lens direction and its corresponding range image:
The features of interest in the objects you want to analyze will determine the orientation of the sensor to the direction of
motion, although the mirrored range images contain much of the same information about the object.
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Coordinate Systems