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Structured-light projection

A 3D imaging method in which a known grid pattern of light is projected onto a surface; the distortion of the pattern as imaged by a camera reveals the 3D surface geometry. Used in the Thales TBS 3D Enroll terminal for border-crossing fingerprint capture.

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