Abstract:
A method and apparatus for contactless measuring of a dimension of movable objects wherein opposite borders of an image of a movable object are projected in one dimension upon a respective one of a pair of opto-electrical devices, each of the optoelectrical devices being comprised of an array of light sensitive elements. The opto-electrical devices are scanned successively at a predetermined repetition rate, the scanning being performed with a simultaneous start from that end of each opto-electrical device which is covered or shadowed by the image of the object. The signals from the illuminated and shadowed-out light sensitive elements of the opto-electrical devices are then detected and the dimension of the object is then determined.