Open AccessPressure measurements through image analysis
Author(s) -
Sergio Calixto,
Francisco J. Sánchez-Marín,
María Eugenia Sánchez Morales
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.17.017996
Subject(s) - optics , lens (geology) , visibility , measure (data warehouse) , image processing , pressure measurement , refractive index , atmospheric optics , physics , image (mathematics) , computer science , computer vision , database , meteorology
Here we propose a new optical method, to our knowledge, to measure the pressure in liquids or gases by means of a flexible lens. Images of an object given by the dynamical lens are analyzed, and through the visibility of those images pressure is inferred.