Iterative two-step temporal phase-unwrapping applied to high sensitivity three-dimensional profilometry

Although temporal phase unwrapping method can be applied to solve some problems to measure an object with steep shapes, isolated parts or fringe undersampling in three-dimensional (3D) shape measurement, it needs to acquire and process a sequence of fringe pattern images which would take much time. Servin et al. proposed a 2-step temporal phase unwrapping algorithm, which only needs the 2 extreme phase-maps to achieve exactly the same results as standard temporal unwrapping method. But this method is only validated by computer simulation, shortage of experimental demonstration, its sensitivity coefficient G is limited, and it cannot be used when the G value is larger. We proposed an iterative two-step temporal phase-unwrapping algorithm which is an extension of Servin׳s method. First, add a fringe pattern with an intermediate sensitivity, project the fringe patterns of different sensitivity onto the tested object’s surface, and collect deformed fringe patterns with a CCD camera. Then we obtain the unwrapped phase with larger sensitivity coefficient G by cascading the sensitivity coefficients. And we derive the initial phase conditions of the 2-step temporal phase unwrapping algorithm. Finally, the experimental evaluation is conducted to prove the validity of the proposed method. The results are analyzed and compared with Servin׳s method. The experimental results show that the proposed method can achieve higher sensitivity and more accurate measurement, and it can overcome the main disadvantages encountered by Servin׳s method.     

Measurement of transparence topography based on principal component analysis

An algorithm based on the principal component analysis (PCA) is proposed to measure transparent surface topography. First, many frames of random phase shifted fringe patterns are captured. Second, the first and second principal components are extracted from the phase shifted fringe patterns by PCA. Then, the phase is calculated from principal components. Finally, the correct global phase sign is determined by the clustering method considering local fringe phase monotonicity. The experimental results show that the proposed method can directly extract the three-dimensional (3D) shape, which does not need to determine the amount of phase shift, without precise phase shifter. It reduces the experimental hardware requirements and improves its adaptability in profilometry.     

A simple method for phase wraps elimination or reduction in spatial fringe patterns

In this paper, we propose a simple method for processing a 2D wrapped phase map that contains a spatial carrier signal in order to completely eliminate, or greatly reduce, the number of phase wraps in the image. The 2D Fourier transform of the wrapped phase map is calculated. Then the spectrum is shifted to the origin in frequency space. After that, the inverse 2D Fourier transform is computed. Finally, a four-quadrant arctangent function is used to calculate the angle of the complex array that was produced by the inverse 2D Fourier transform. This produces a phase map with a smaller number of 2π phase jumps than the original phase map. In some cases, all of the phase wraps are eliminated and there is therefore no need to unwrap the resultant phase map. The reduction of the number of 2π phase jumps can reduce the execution time and improve the noise performance of some phase unwrapping algorithms such as the Flynn method. The validation of the proposed algorithm is demonstrated experimentally and also via computer-simulation.     

A method for enlarging absolute phase unwrapping range by active phase setting

An active phase-setting method applied to a frequency-modulated grating is proposed for enlarging the absolute phase unwrapping range. It is found that the absolute phase unwrapping range is related to initial phase of grating. Therefore, the grating is optimized by presetting two different initial phases, which one is constant in frequency-modulation term and the other is related to the ratio of two frequency in linear phase-modulation term. By using absolute phase unwrapping algorithm, which is improved for suiting the new grating, absolute phase unwrapping range successfully is enlarged and achieves the theoretical range. The experimental results show the feasibility and validity of new method.     

Comparison of eight unwrapping algorithms applied to Fourier-transform profilometry

Phase unwrapping is a task common to many applications like interferometry imaging, medical magnetic resonance imaging, solid-state physics, etc. Fourier transform profilometry (FTP) values the height distribution of object, elaborating the interference between a plane reference grating and a deformed object grating. Since the height information is extracted from the phase of a complex function, the phase unwrapping is a critical step of the process. Several unwrapping algorithms are proposed in literature, but applied to measurement technologies different from FTP. The purpose of this paper is to define the performances of eight different unwrapping algorithms applied to FTP optical scan method and to define the best one. The algorithms chosen are: Goldstein's algorithm, quality guided path following method, Mask cut method, Flynn's method, multi-grid method, weighted multi-grid method, preconditioned conjugate gradient method and minimum L_p-norm method. The methods were tested on real images acquired by a FTP scanner developed and calibrated for these experiments. The objects used vary from simple geometries, like planes and cylinders, to complex shapes of common use objects. Algorithms were qualified considering the phase unwrapping errors, execution time and accuracy of the shape of objects obtained from the scan method in comparison with real ones. The results show that quality guided algorithm best fits in FTP application.     

Transformation of phase to (x,y,z)-coordinates for the calibration of a fringe projection profilometer

In this work we present a phase to (x,y,z)-coordinates transformation method for the calibration of a fringe projection profilometer. Our technique is divided in two parts: (1) phase to z transformation (for axial calibration) based on the typical polynomial fitting which uses a flat plane placed at several z positions to measure the phase of the projected fringes. (2) Phase to x and y transformation (for transverse calibration) based on the use of a crossed gratings pattern and a Fourier phase measurement method to determine x and y coordinates at several z positions. As will be shown the use of the crossed gratings pattern and the Fourier phase measurement method for transverse calibration is advantageous in several aspects: an unique image can give us x and y information at once. It provides x and y coordinates at each pixel in the image avoiding the use of interpolation methods. We present some experimental results and explain the viability of the proposed technique.     

Multi-frequency inverse-phase fringe projection profilometry for nonlinear phase error compensation

A new multi-frequency inverse-phase method was proposed to compensate for nonlinear phase errors in fringe projection profilometry and to measure the three-dimensional shape of discontinuous objects. After introducing a phase offset of π/4 into the multi-frequency four-step phase-shifting method the corresponding nonlinear phase error reversed its sign, which allowed the addition of unwrapped phases before and after the phase-offset operation to compensate for the error. For the four-step phase-shifting method, simulation analysis showed that the nonlinear phase error had quadrupled the fringe frequency. Moreover, experimental results verified the feasibility and applicability of the proposed method.     

利用预失真条纹校正PMP系统投影仪畸变的研究

依据摄像机畸变模型提出了一种投影条纹相位畸变校正方法来简化相位-高度映射关系.该方法首先通过投两套互相垂直的相移正弦条纹,以相位值代替投影仪像素坐标,将投影仪当成摄像机看待,标定出投影仪的内参量.然后根据标定出的投影仪镜头畸变参量对理想相位施加反向的畸变,在投影时反向畸变的光栅通过镜头畸变,又成为理想的光栅,从而简化了相位-高度映射关系.实验中,虽然由于测量误差的影响,校正后的投影仪径向畸变系数还是比原来小了1个数量级.     

利用预失真条纹校正PMP系统投影仪畸变的研究*

依据摄像机畸变模型提出了一种投影条纹相位畸变校正方法来简化相位-高度映射关系.该方法首先通过投两套互相垂直的相移正弦条纹,以相位值代替投影仪像素坐标,将投影仪当成摄像机看待,标定出投影仪的内参量.然后根据标定出的投影仪镜头畸变参量对理想相位施加反向的畸变,在投影时反向畸变的光栅通过镜头畸变,又成为理想的光栅,从而简化了相位-高度映射关系.实验中,虽然由于测量误差的影响,校正后的投影仪径向畸变系数还是比原来小了1个数量级.     

A new wavelet transform for reliability-guided phase unwrapping of optical fringe patterns

A new daughter wavelet definition for reliability-guided phase unwrapping of the optical fringe pattern is introduced. The new daughter wavelet definition is given by normalized mother wavelet with a new factor including a Gaussian function. The modulus of the wavelet transform coefficients, obtained by using daughter wavelet under this new daughter wavelet definition, includes not only modulation information but also local frequency information of the deformed fringe pattern. Therefore, it can be treated as a good parameter which represents the reliability of the reconstructed phase data. Mathematical demonstration of this parameter is given. Both the computer simulation and experiment reveal the validity of the proposed method.     

基于位相测量轮廓术的三维数字化仪的实验研究

介绍了基于位相测量轮廓术的三维数字化仪的原理和系统结构 ,阐述了一种有效的三维数字化方法。该方法具有精度高、速度快、可实现自动测量等特点。     

应用时域相位解包方法的三维形貌测量系统

设计一套基于时域相位解包方法的三维形貌测量系统 ,克服了传统解包方法中的误差传播效应 ,可以应用于复杂物体表面及复杂环境下的三维形貌测量。由计算机生成光栅并通过液晶投影仪投射到待测物体表面 ,用CCD摄像机采集图像并通过图像采集卡存贮到计算机中进行处理 ,实现了测量的自动化 ,完成一次高精度的测量仅需几秒钟时间。用两个特殊的人头像完成的实验证明了系统的优越性     

An improved windowed Fourier transform for fringe demodulation

A modified algorithm of windowed Fourier transform (WFT) for phase retrieval from electronic speckle-shearing fringe patterns with carriers is proposed. The algorithm is based on the introduction of a fast Fourier transform (FFT) in WFT to reduce computation time for fringe demodulation. Since boundary effects in FFT will influence the accuracy of phase retrieval, the Gerchberg method is employed to extrapolate the fringe pattern at the boundaries to reduce boundary effects. A theoretical analysis of the algorithm is presented. Both simulated and experimental results show that the proposed method has reduced the computation time significantly compared with the convolution method of WFT without sacrificing measurement accuracy.     

A generalized temporal phase unwrapping algorithm for three-dimensional profilometry

A generalized temporal phase unwrapping algorithm is proposed for absolute phase measurement of object surfaces with complex topography. We first make comments on error analysis of various temporal phase unwrapping (TPU) algorithms and point out problems existing in these techniques. We present a generalized TPU algorithm (GTPU), which eliminates some limitations imposed on the fringe sequence for the classical TPU algorithms. So the desired number of fringes can be determined according to practical situation, leading to a flexible method for phase reconstruction. In addition, compared with the classical TPU algorithms, GTPU has better noise immunity and less computational complexity. Theoretical analysis and experiment results are presented to show the validity of the proposed algorithm.     

Micro-phase measuring profilometry: Its sensitivity analysis and phase unwrapping

Global illumination affects shape measurement accuracy, and phase unwrapping is an important problem in phase measuring profilometry. In this paper, a micro-phase measuring profilometry is proposed to reduce the effects of global illumination. The wrapped phase error level of the proposed method is lower than that of the traditional micro-phase shifting method. First, a frequency selection rule is developed in combination with the micro-phase rule to design the frequencies of the proposed phase measuring profilometry. The frequency rule is obtained by analysing the uncertainty of the wrapped phase caused by intensity noise. Then, phase unwrapping is regarded as a congruence problem, and the closed-form robust Chinese remainder theorem algorithm is adopted to determine the correspondence. Finally, the comparative experiments are conducted on a projector-camera system. Experimental results show that the effects of global illumination can be effectively reduced with the proposed phase measuring profilometry, and the proposed frequency selection rule is valid. In addition, the performance of the robust Chinese remainder theorem in addressing the phase error is better than that of traditional Chinese remainder theorem. Furthermore, the unwrapping accuracy can nearly reach 100% if the frequency selection rule is satisfied. Otherwise, the performance degrades.     

Absolute phase recovery of three fringe patterns with selected spatial frequencies

A new temporal approach is presented for the recovery of the absolute phase maps from their wrapped versions based on the use of fringe patterns of three different spatial frequencies. In contrast to the two-frequency method recently published, the method proposed is characterized by better anti-error capability as measured by phase error tolerance bound. A general rule for the selection of the three frequencies is presented, and its relationship to the phase error tolerance bound is derived. Theoretical analysis and experimental results are also presented to validate the effectiveness of the proposed three frequency technique.     

Phase measuring profilometry based on elliptically pattern grating

The present study proposes a new method for measuring the surface shape of an object using elliptically pattern grating projection. Based on phase measuring profilometry (PMP), elliptically pattern grating is projected on the surface of the object to measure its shape in 3D. The computing formula for solving the phase by the phase-shifting fringe method is derived, and the 3D shape formula for the altitude is reestablished. The error-contrastive analysis of the object's surface shape is re-established based on the proposed method and traditional PMP. The proposed method was shown to have a strong anti-noise ability and able to measure objects under high noise. More accurate measurement results were obtained by computer simulation and experiment to verify the feasibility of the proposed method.     

结构光周期图案的统一解码方法

针对结构光解码问题,在传统相位测量轮廓术（PMP）理论的基础上,提出一种结构光周期图案的统一解码方法。通过把经典PMP的相位计算公式运用到任何周期波图案中,比如三角波、锯齿波、方波图案等,通过多频时间相位展开算法实现了对包含高频率的图案的相位展开。实验结果表明,提出的方法达到了相对高的精度,验证了此方法的有效性。     

基于傅里叶频谱分析的相位测量轮廓术系统Gamma非线性校正方法

数字投影和成像系统的Gamma非线性效应是导致相位测量轮廓术（PMP）测量误差的重要原因。目前大多采用多帧条纹图进行Gamma校正,使测量的实时性受到限制。提出了一种Gamma校正方法,利用正交光栅像的傅里叶频谱分布计算Gamma值,再根据此Gamma值对投影相移条纹进行Gamma逆变换,实现投影条纹输入值的提前校正,以获取具有良好正弦性的结构条纹,从而降低PMP相位测量误差。校正过程中只需一帧条纹图,而且考虑了测量系统的离焦效应。实验证实了该方法的有效性和正确性。     

An improved phase retrieval algorithm for optical aspheric surface measurement

In order to overcome the measurement and calculation difficulty for aspheric surface with phase retrieval technology, an improved phase retrieval algorithm was proposed. Due to significant departure from sphere surface, reflected light from different part of the aspheric surface under test will overlap in some areas in the collected images by CCD with general phase retrieval measurement setup, which will lead to the failure to recover the surface phase. The proposed algorithm will only use those areas without light overlapping in each image in the iteration process and employ several defocused images to recover the whole surface. This algorithm can improve the measurement range for aspheric surface with phase retrieval technology. The experimental system was established and a 180 mm diameter, f/1.6 parabolic mirror and a 180 mm effective diameter, f/1.33 hyperboloid mirror were tested by the proposed method. The experimental results show that the retrieved surface errors are in good consistent with that obtained by interferometer, which confirms the validity of the proposed algorithm.