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Recently the use of digital 3D profilometry in the automotive industries has become increasingly popular. The effective techniques for 3D shape measurement, especially for the measurement of complicated structures, have become more and more significant. Different optical inspective methods, such as 3D profilometry, laser scanning and Coordinate-Measuring Machine (CMM), have been applied for 3D shape measurement. Among these methods, 3D profilometry seems to be the fastest and inexpensive method with considerably accurate result, and it has simple setup and full field measuring ability compared with other techniques. In this paper, a novel calibration method for 3D-profilometry will be introduced. In this method, a multiple-step calibration procedure is utilized and best-fit calibration curves are obtained to improve measurement accuracy. A recursive algorithm is used for data evaluation, along with calibration data.

Digital 3D profilometry is a non-contact, full-field, and fast method for 3D profile digitization. It has a relatively simple setup and acceptable measurement accuracy. Traditional phase shifting technique uses single frequency fringe pattern for coding the depth information and an unwrapping procedure is required for decoding. Usually, the object has to be a continuous surface without any disconnected part or large height discontinuities. In this paper, a new method of three-frequency fringe pattern is presented to measure objects with complicated structures, which have large surface height discontinuities, or contain separated components. Principles and procedures are described. Experimental application is given and limitations are discussed.