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Optics and Lighting

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In this section we introduce optical systems used in intelligent automation. Further information is available in the many standard books on optics.

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Browne, A., Norton-Wayne, L. (1986). Optics and Lighting. In: Vision and Information Processing for Automation. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2028-7_5

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