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Re: Vision Command can see IR!?
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lugnet.robotics.vc
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Fri, 20 Oct 2000 23:33:44 GMT
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Carl Jagt wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> FYI -- While playing with my new Vision Command, the robo-cam swung by me
> while I had the Mindstorm's remote control in hand; and I observed a point of
> blue light eminating from the remote's IR head. A few quick and very
> unscientific tests later, it appeared that the Vision Command camera can see
> into the infrared spectrum -- can anyone else confirm this?
> (Also, prior to getting the VC cam up and running, the Win98 software
> wanted to install RCX v2.0 into my v.10 RCX brick -- that surprised me...)
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> Cheers,
>
> Carl Jagt
All Cameras can see IR. They have a little filter in them to avoid the entire
range of IR being seen. If you removed the filter you could see 'halos' on many
lights and items that emit IR.
It can be very fun.
Dean
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