Method and apparatus for calibration of 3-dimensional mapping systems
applicable to automotive crash repair and diagnostics in which a
calibration assembly provides accurate 3-dimensional optical inputs to a
camera unit for calibration of the internal dimensional constants of the
unit. The 3-dimensional calibration apparatus employs twin spaced mounting
planes for patterns of optical emitters at known spacings and dispositions
from the fixed camera unit position whereby tight tolerances in
manufacture and assembly enable the apparatus to be more compact than a
typical work piece to be mapped.