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Sensors 2009, 9, 8810-8823; doi:10.3390/OPEN ACCESS sensors ISSN 1424-8220 /journal/sensors Article Sensor for High Speed, High Precision Measurement of 2-D Positions Carlos A. Luna *, José L. Lázaro, Manuel Mazo and Angel Cano Electronics Department, High Polytechnic School, Alcalá University, Alcalá de Henares (28871), Madrid, Spain; E-Mails: mazo@depeca.uah.es (M.M); lazaro@depeca.uah.es (J.L.L.); angel_cano_78@yahoo.es (A.C) * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: caluna@depeca.uah.es; Tel.: +34-918-856-551; Fax: +34-91-885-6591. Received: 28 August 2009; in revised form: 21 September 2009 / Accepted: 23 October 2009 / Published: 3 November 2009 Abstract: A sensor system to measure the 2-D position of an object that intercepts a plane in space is presented in this paper. This sensor system was developed with the aim of measuring the height and lateral position of contact wires supplying power to electric locomotives. The sensor comprises two line-scans focused on the zone to be measured and positioned in such a way that their viewing planes are on the same plane. The report includes a mathematical model of the sensor system, and details the method used for calibrating the sensor system. The procedure used for high speed measurement of object position in space is also described, where measurement acquisition time was less than 0.7 ms. Finally, position measurement results verifying system performance in real time are given. Keywords: line-scan calibration; object detection; 2-D measurements; computer vision; object position 1. Introduction The use of visual information to detect the position of objects in relation to other objects is a fundamental function of computer vision systems. Many methods and applications have been developed in order to perform this task, all with their respective advantages and disadvantag