A combined method for obtaining fringe orientations of ESPI

Fringe orientation can direct the processing of fringe patterns and provide basic information for understanding the fringe patterns. The gradient method is popularly used for its convenience but it is easily affected by noise. The plane-fit method is capable of obtaining precise local fringe orientation despite the high speckle noise but it is strict with the calculating window size. In this paper, a combined method is proposed. This method uses the plane-fit algorithm to get local gradients and uses the gradient method to get the orientation results from these gradients. It can be seen that this new method can get more accurate orientations for ESPI than both the gradient method and the plane-fit method.     

A novel color fringe projection based Fourier transform 3D shape measurement method

A novel Fourier transform 3D shape measurement method based on color fringe projection is proposed in order to solve the spectrum overlapping and phase unwrapping problems existed in Fourier transform profilometry (FTP). The R and G components of the color fringe are set to two sinusoidal patterns with different frequencies and the B component is set to the average value of R or G component. Then this pattern is projected to the object and the deformed fringe image is captured. Three gray patterns are separated from the color fringe, the background and high frequency noise can be eliminated using our method and the accurate unwrapped phase can be got. Only one shot color pattern is projected to get the 3D information of the object. Experiment results show that the 3D information of an object can be obtained rapidly and accurately.     

Fourier transform profilometry based on composite structured light pattern

In Fourier transform profilometry (FTP), the zero frequency of the imaged patterns will influence the measurement range and precision. The π phase shifting technique is usually used to eliminate the zero order component, but this method requires the capture of two fringe patterns with a π phase difference between them, which will impede the real time application of the method. In this paper, a novel method is proposed, in which a composite structured light pattern is projected onto the object. The composite structured light pattern is formed by modulating two separate fringe patterns with a π phase difference along the orthogonal direction of the two distinct carrier frequencies. This method can eliminate the zero frequency by using only one fringe pattern. Experiments show that there is no decrease in the precision of this novel method compared with the traditional π phase shifting technique.     

Phase retrieval of speckle fringe pattern with carriers using 2D wavelet transform

A novel two-dimensional (2D) Gabor continuous wavelet transform (CWT) for phase retrieval and fringe filtering of speckle fringe patterns with spatial carriers is proposed. Theoretical analysis of 2D Gabor CWT is presented and results are compared with advanced fan 2D CWT using both the computer simulated and experimental speckle fringe patterns. It is shown that noise reduction by 2D Gabor CWT demonstrates better results than that of the advanced fan 2D CWT. Two-dimensional Gabor CWT is also compared with 2D Fourier transform and results show that 2D Gabor CWT algorithm has better noise immunity.     

Anisotropic partial differential equation noise-reduction algorithm based on fringe feature for ESPI

Noise reduction is one of the most exciting problems in electronic speckle pattern interferometry. We present a new anisotropic partial differential equation noise-reduction algorithm based on fringe orientation for interferometric fringe patterns. The proposed equation performs diffusion along the two directions of fringe gradient and isophote line, which are extracted accurately according to fringe feature. By restriction of diffusion in the gradient direction of fringe patterns, this method can provide optimal results in denoising but does not destroy fringe edges. The experimental results show that this technique is more capable of significantly improving the quality of the fringe patterns than the classical anisotropic diffusion equation proposed by Perona and Malik. Based on our filtered fringe patterns, the phase map obtained by phase-shifting technique can be extracted more accurately. It is an effective pre-processing method for electronic speckle pattern interferometry.     

关于提高傅里叶变换轮廓术测量精度的研究

针对傅里叶变换轮廓术在实际测量中容易受到光学成像系统和计算方法的影响而使得测量结果不精确的现象,提出基于最小二乘法的条纹图像预处理技术,并讨论了滤波器的设计、相位展开的方法及系统标定模型对测量结果的影响。实验表明,改进后的方法其测量误差在2%以内。     

Surface profile inspection of a moving object by using dual-frequency Fourier transform profilometry

The 2π phase ambiguity caused by surface isolations and large height step can be solved by dual-frequency projection grating profilometry. However, in the Fourier transform profilometry (FTP) of a moving object, only one single deformed fringe pattern can be obtained. In order to introduce the dual-frequency technique into the FTP of moving object, a novel experimental system is designed to capture two fringe patterns with different frequency at the same time. A grating structure comprising two regions with different frequencies is projected upon the surface of the detected object. Two line-scan CCD cameras are used to capture the surface images encoded by the two kinds of patterns, respectively. By getting the corresponding image intensity at the same point of the object surface in the two acquired images, the dual-frequency technique is applied to extract the real phase without phase ambiguity. The surface profile of a specimen with a large height step is measured to prove the feasibility of the proposed method. The experimental results show that the proposed method can solve the 2π phase ambiguity problem successfully in the surface profile inspection of a moving object.     

Fourier transform profilometry based on a fringe pattern with two frequency components

A modified Fourier transform profilometry (FTP) based on a fringe pattern with two frequency components is proposed, which provides a larger measuring range than that of the traditional FTP. We analyze the maximum measuring range and give an expression to describe the measurable slope of the height variation limitation of this method. The modified FTP provides us another approach to eliminate frequency overlapping. When the spectra distribution of a measured object is not spherical symmetry, we can avoid the frequency aliasing through projecting a fringe pattern with two frequency components, instead of increasing the density of the projected fringe and the resolution of a CCD camera. The theoretical analysis and primary experiments verified the method.     

Method for eliminating zero spectrum in Fourier transform profilometry

Windowed Fourier transform (FT) is introduced into Fourier transform profilometry (FTP) to extract zero component included in deformed fringe pattern without capturing two fringe patterns with π phase difference. First, we extract zero component of deformed fringe image using windowed FT and normalize it, then calculate the normalized Fourier spectra of deformed fringe image, finally subtract the zero component from Fourier spectra of deformed fringe image. We give the theoretical analysis of the proposed method. The experiment is carried out to demonstrate that the method can eliminate zero component and extend the measurable slope of height variation to nearly three times of the conventional FTP.     

Phase unwrapping algorithms, respectively, based on path-following and discrete cosine transform

This paper describes a path-following phase unwrapping algorithm and a phase unwrapping algorithm based on discrete cosine transform (DCT) which accelerates the computation and suppresses the propagation of noise. Through analysis of fringe pattern with serious noises simulated in mathematic model, we make a contrast between path-following algorithm and DCT algorithm. The advantages and disadvantages of analytical fringe pattern are also given through comparison of two algorithms. Three-dimensional experimental results have been given to prove the validity of these algorithms. Despite DCT phase unwrapping technique robustness and speed in some cases, it cannot be unwrapping inconsistencies phase. The path-following algorithm can be used in automation analysis of fringe patterns with little influence of noise.     

基于复合光栅投影的快速傅里叶变换轮廓术

在实际傅里叶变换轮廓术测量中,获取条纹图的零频分量对傅里叶变换轮廓术的测量精度和测量范围有很大影响,甚至妨碍三维面形的正确重建。π相移技术常被用来消除零频分量对傅里叶变换轮廓术测量的影响,但它需要采集两帧具有π相位差的条纹图。这影响了傅里叶变换轮廓术测量方法的实时性。提出采用复合光栅投影来实现从一帧条纹图中消除零频对傅里叶变换轮廓术测量的影响,该复合光栅是由两个不同频率的载频分别调制与其方向垂直的两帧具有π相位差的条纹并叠加形成的。实验表明,同传统的π相移方法相比,提出的新方法没有明显降低π相移傅里叶变换轮廓术的的测量精度,因此能真正实现实时高速测量。     

Window fringe pattern demodulation by multi-functional fitting using a genetic algorithm

We present a new way to demodulate complicated fringe patterns containing closed fringes using a genetic algorithm (GA). The entire fringe pattern is divided into a set of partially overlapping smaller sub-image windows. Each of these has a lower dimensionality and as a consequence is faster and can be demodulated more reliably. The demodulation process proceeds row-by-row way passing from one sub-image in a neighborhood until the whole interferogram is processed. The modulating phase of each sub-image is modeled as a parametric analytic function whose parameters are optimized using a GA. The technique is demonstrated demodulating some normalized fringe patterns that have two main difficulties: closed fringes within the interferogram and regions of under-sampled fringes. These fringe images cannot be demodulated by techniques such as the regularized phase tracker (RPT).     

Orthogonal projection technique for resolution enhancement of the Fourier transform fringe analysis method

The spatial resolution of the phase map in the Fourier transform fringe analysis method is determined by the size of the filter’s window in frequency domain. This article reports a straightforward technique to improve the method’s resolution by a factor of nearly two. The technique requires capturing a second image with a fringe pattern orthogonal to the first one, therefore using the information from both patterns to eliminate the central component in frequency space. The resulting spectrum supports double sized filter windows for removal of the carrier frequency without leaking into adjacent orders. The overall spatial resolution of the method is thus increased. In the following, the Fourier fringe analysis method is briefly reviewed, the new technique is described and analyzed and the experimental results are shown and discussed.     

Fast algorithm of discrete gyrator transform based on convolution operation

The expression of gyrator transform (GT) is rewritten by using convolution operation, from which GT can be composed of phase-only filtering, Fourier transform and inverse Fourier transform. Therefore, fast Fourier transform (FFT) algorithm can be introduced into the calculation of convolution format of GT in the discrete case. Some simulations are presented in order to demonstrate the validity of the algorithm.     

Photorefractive Fourier transform profilometer for the measurement of 3-D object shapes

In the present work dynamic moiré-like fringe patterns, produced by photorefraction with low spatial frequencies, applied for profile determination of small objects is proposed. Basically, a Fourier transform profilometry technique is developed for an automated profile determination. This means, as far as we know, a new experimental procedure that exploits the real time holographic two wave mixing in Bi₁₂TiO₂₀ crystal sample. Besides, the mainly advantages of this procedure are, comparatively to the classical fringe projection method using the Michelson interferometer, best fringe pattern contrast, less speckle noise, absence of noises produced by spurious reflections and, the most significant, a pure sinusoidal shape obtained by dynamic holographic moiré-like process using photorefraction.     

Uncertainty analysis of whole-field phase-differences retrieved from ESPI fringe patterns by using the Fourier transform method (FTM)

We have evaluated the uncertainty associated with the whole-field phase-differences retrieved by using the Fourier transform method (FTM), from a fringe pattern generated by electronic speckle pattern interferometry (ESPI). The phase-differences were induced by applying load to an elastic sample. The FTM involved the Fourier transform application to the fringe pattern, the isolation of the term carrying the phase information by applying a band-pass filter in the spatial frequency domain, and then the inverse Fourier transform application. Since the fringes in the analyzed pattern were adequately open, the FTM outcomes were presumed to be mainly affected by errors in the determination of both the width and the location of the applied filter mask. The influence of these error sources was assessed by using a Monte Carlo-based computer simulation. It implied evaluating the phase-differences a large number of times under the influence of the involved error sources. We found that the phase uncertainty depends strongly on the width of the applied filter mask; the influence of the other error sources considered into the uncertainty propagation was significantly smaller.     

基于双色条纹投影的快速傅里叶变换轮廓术

在实际傅里叶变换轮廓术测量中，获取的条纹图扩展的零频分量对傅里叶变换轮廓术的测量精度和测量范围有很大影响，甚至妨碍正确三维面形的恢复。π相移技术常被用来消除零频分量对测量的影响，但需要在测量系统中安装精密相移装置，并需要采集两帧具有π相位差的条纹图。传统傅里叶变换轮廓术中，完成精密相移需要较长的时间，影响了傅里叶变换轮廓术测量方法的实时性。提出了采用双色正弦光栅投影来实现从一帧条纹图中消除零频对傅里叶变换轮廓术测量的影响。该方法同传统的π相移方法相比，不需要相移装置，测量系统简单，并且能真正实现高速测量。     

A discrete fractional angular transform

A new discrete fractional transform defined by two parameters (angle and fractional order) is presented. All eigenvectors of the transform are obtained by an angle using recursion method. This transform is named as discrete fractional angular transform (DFAT). The computational load of kernel matrix of the DFAT is minimum than all other transforms with fractional order. This characteristics has very important practical applications in signal and image processing. Numerical results and the mathematical properties of this transform are also given. As fractional Fourier transform, this transform can be applied in one and two dimensional signal processing.     

利用颜色编码辅助计算绝对相位的傅里叶轮廓术

针对传统去卷积算法时间需求的弊端,提出一种新的使用颜色编码辅助的绝对相位并行计算方法。该算法采用对光栅数目需求最少的傅里叶变换轮廓术（FTP）做为卷积相位求取的方法;颜色编码光栅被用来标识轮廓的序数。直接使用FTP计算出的卷积相位以及从彩色光栅中获得的轮廓序数,即可方便求出当前像素的绝对相位值;同时只用一副图像标识轮廓序数也比其他轮廓序数标识方法简单。本方法由于使用绝对相位计算方法,局部相位误差不会扩展。实验结果也证明了此算法对于多个分离物体以及复杂物体的有效性。