Optomechatronics supplies the necessary tools to harness the benefits that optical technologies bring to this important emerging area.

Features:

• Opens a new horizon of a multifaceted engineering field
• Introduces the fundamentals of the burgeoning field of optomechatronics
• Includes comprehensive coverage of recent technology trends
• Emphasizes the integration of many different elements into advanced, robust, high-performance systems
• Supplies abundant practical system examples to illustrate the concepts
• Offers more than 430 figures, numerous tables, and nearly 500 equations

Contents

Understanding of Optomechatronic Technology

• Historical Background of Optomechatronic Technology
• Optomechatronics: Definition and Fundamental Concepts
• Fundamental Functions of Optomechatronic Systems
• Fundamental Functions

Fundamentals of Optics

• Reflection and Refract ion
• Lenses
• Multiple Lenses and System Matrices
• Aperture Stops and Pupils
• Aberration
• Polarization
• Coherence
• Interference
• Diffraction
• Optical Fiber Transmission
• Gaussian Beam Optics

Machine Vision: Visual Sensing and Image Processing

• Image Formation
• Imaging Devices
• Image Display: Interlacing
• Image Processing
• Image Representation
• Binary Image
• Gray Scale Image
• Histogram
• Histogram Modification
• Image Filtering
• Mean Filter
• Median Filter
• Image Segmentation
• Region-Based Segmentation
• Edge Detection
• Roberts Operator
• Sobel Operator
• Laplacian Operator
• Hough Transform
• Camera Calibration
• Perspective Projection

Mechatronic Elements for Optomechatronic Interface

• Sensors
• Signal Conditioning
• Actuators
• Microactuators
• Signal Display
• Dynamic Systems and Control

Optomechatronic Integration

• Basic Considerations for Integration
• Basic Functional Modules
• Optomechatronic Interface or Integration
• Integration-Generated Functionalities

Basic Optomechatronic Functional Units

• Optomechatronic Actuation
• Optomechatronic Sensing
• Automatic Optical Focusing
• Acoustic-Opto Modulator
• Optical Scanning
• Optical Switch
• Zoom Control
• Visual Autofocusing
• Illumination Control
• Visual (Optical) Information Feedback Control
• Optical Signal Transmission

Optomechatronic Systems in Practice

• Laser Printer
• Optical Storage Disk
• Atomic Force Microscope
• Confocal Scanning Microscope
• Projection Television
• Visual Tracking System

Index

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