Research Article

A Novel Method for Laser Peak Detection with Subpixel Accuracy for the Rail Corrugation Measurement

Table 4

Specification of the proposed corrugation measurement prototype and the range of scales.

ParametersValue

Camera resolution pixels
Camera typeCanon 500D
Camera focal length @ 24 mm5106 and 5107 pixels
and direction
Laser wave length685 nm
Laser diameter2 mm
Angle between laser and camera, 42 degrees
Working range, 35 cm
Working range, 55 cm
Range of scales, 10.5 pixels
Range of scales, 21.5 pixels