Lens distortion elimination for improving measurement accuracy of fringe projection profilometry

Fringe projection profilometry (FPP) is a powerful method for three-dimensional (3D) shape measurement. However, the measurement accuracy of the existing FPP is often hindered by the distortion of the lens used in FPP. In this paper, a simple and efficient method is presented to overcome this problem. First, the FPP system is calibrated as a stereovision system. Then, the camera lens distortion is eliminated by correcting the captured images. For the projector lens distortion, distorted fringe patterns are generated according to the lens distortion model. With these distorted fringe patterns, the projector can project undistorted fringe patterns, which means that the projector lens distortion is eliminated. Experimental results show that the proposed method can successfully eliminate the lens distortions of FPP and therefore improves its measurement accuracy.     

3-D surface profilometry based on modulation measurement by applying wavelet transform method

A new analysis of 3-D surface profilometry based on modulation measurement technique by the application of Wavelet Transform method is proposed. As a tool excelling for its multi-resolution and localization in the time and frequency domains, Wavelet Transform method with good localized time-frequency analysis ability and effective de-noizing capacity can extract the modulation distribution more accurately than Fourier Transform method. Especially for the analysis of complex object, more details of the measured object can be well remained. In this paper, the theoretical derivation of Wavelet Transform method that obtains the modulation values from a captured fringe pattern is given. Both computer simulation and elementary experiment are used to show the validity of the proposed method by making a comparison with the results of Fourier Transform method. The results show that the Wavelet Transform method has a better performance than the Fourier Transform method in modulation values retrieval.     

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     

A novel three-dimensional shape measurement method based on a look-up table

Fringe projection profilometry is widely used for three-dimensional shape measurement. In an oblique-angle projection, the fringe cycle is broadened on the reference plane. Phase errors are mainly caused by the nonlinear gamma of the projector and fringe cycle broadening. This study describes a phase error compensation method to eliminate these phase errors. A look-up table that stores phase errors is constructed for phase error compensation. Based on it, a new height equation is proposed. The experimental results show that the proposed method can compensate for the phase errors of the fringe projection profilometry, thereby improving the measurement accuracy significantly.     

Fringe contrast-based 3D profilometry using fringe projection

Quality-guided algorithm is a widely used method in phase unwrapping. This paper shows an accurate quality map based on fringe contrast for 3D shape measurement. Phase-shifted fringe patterns are projected onto an object surface by a programmable liquid crystal projector and recorded by a CCD camera. A wrapped phase map and a fringe contrast map are extracted from the deformed fringe patterns by the phase-shifting technique. Guided by the contrast map, the quality-guided unwrapping algorithm minimizes unwanted shadow and non-uniform surface reflectance effects and is able to retrieve a correct surface profile. Validity of the proposed method is tested on a fish model and a cutting tool specimen.     

台阶状面形的投影栅线法测量技术

采用光栅投影式三维轮廓术测量物体三维形貌时，当物体是台阶状物体时，物体表面的光栅条纹有阴影，导致后面的叠相还原过程无法进行。为了解决这一问题，将被测物体放在精密的旋转平台上。通过2次成像后，对2幅图像进行图像拼接，得到清晰的被光栅调制的物体图像。在图像拼接时，引入区域黑白对比度概念，区域的黑白对比度最大位置就是黑白区域的分界线。从而精确确定中间块2个边界的位置,然后进行图像拼接。最后采用双频光栅的傅里叶变换轮廓术来实现物体的三维形貌重建。结果表明：本方法简单、精度高，可以成功解决投影时具有阴影物体的三维形貌重建问题。     

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.     

A study on carrier-removal techniques in fringe projection profilometry

This paper describes a comparison of several carrier-removal techniques normally used in fringe projection for surface shape measurement. The performance of various algorithms, including the necessity for manual intervention, the complexity in data recording, and the side effect on measurement accuracy, is evaluated. The applicability of nonlinear carrier removal and the restrictions on the direction of carrier fringe in various algorithms are also investigated in this paper. It is also shown that an advanced algorithm is able to achieve carrier removal with minimal manual intervention and significantly simplify the calibration process of a fringe projection system.     

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.     

A flexible 3D profilometry based on fringe contrast analysis

This paper proposed a flexible 3D profilometry based on fringe contrast analysis. A series of sinusoidal fringes are projected on the surface of the testing object that is laid in front of the imaging plane of the fringes, and captured through a beam splitter by a CCD camera in the same direction as the axis of the projection. After the fringe contrast obtained using phase-shifting technique, the height of the object can be restored through searching the look-up table of the contrast and the height. In the measurement process, we only need to capture fringe patterns in one position, without changing the imaging plane of the fringes, so it is faster and more convenient than the existing method based on fringe contrast analysis. Our system is simple and flexible by reason of no special devices used. In this paper, the principle of this method, the setup of the measurement system and primary experiment results are given. The experimental results prove this method can restore the height of the complex object accurately and effectively.     

Single fringe projection profilometry based on sinusoidal intensity normalization and subpixel fitting

A novel fringe projection profilometry using a single sinusoidal fringe pattern projected is proposed. Computer-generated sinusoidal fringe and uniform intensity patterns are firstly projected on a testing object by a liquid crystal display projector. The variable reflection intensity of a fringe pattern is then roughly normalized by division operation applied to the grabbed fringe and uniform intensity patterns projected. Fringe intensity is further normalized by employing an interpolation algorithm. The deformed sinusoidal pattern encoding object shape is converted to a wrapped phase map without using phase-shifting or Fourier transform. Computer simulation and experimental performance are evaluated to demonstrate the validity of the proposed method. The experimental results compared with those of the four-step phase-shifting and fast Fourier transform methods are also presented.     

Three-dimensional optical profilometry using a four-core optical fibre

This paper describes the use of a four-core optical fibre for measurements of three-dimensional rigid-body shapes. A fringe pattern, which is generated by interference of four wavefronts emitted from the four-core optical fibre, is projected on an object's surface. The deformed fringe pattern containing information of the object's surface topography is captured by a digital CCD camera and is analysed using a two-dimensional Fourier transform profilometry. It is demonstrated for the first time that the use of such a four-core optical fibre increases the compactness and the stability of the fringe projection system.     

Least-squares calibration method for fringe projection profilometry with some practical considerations

Fringe projection profilometry (FPP) is a widely used three-dimensional profile measurement technique. One vital step in this technique is calibration, which determines the system accuracy. The least-squares method, because of its flexibility and simplicity, is commonly used in system calibration for FPP. However, calibration results are affected by the nonlinear gamma of the projector and projection fringe cycle broadening. This paper proposes a new look-up table (LUT) generation method by analyzing the differences between the real and ideal unwrapped phases. The aforementioned problems could then be solved after the phase error is compensated by the LUT. Finally, the validity of the proposed method is demonstrated through experiments, and the accuracy reaches 0.02 mm.     

BP neural network applied to 3D object measurement based on fringe pattern projection

In the fringe projection profilometry, the traditional triangle method, such as Fourier-transform profilometry (FTP), is difficult to recover the stepped shape object from the deformed fringe pattern. In order to solve this problem, the neural network is introduced to deal with this kind of fringe patterns and gain the three-dimensional (3D) information of the measured object. By training the network, the relationship between the deformed fringe pattern and the height of the object can be obtained, and thereby the height of the object can be obtained. Furthermore, the object can be reconstructed perfectly without knowing the optical parameters of the experiment system. An obvious merit of this network method is that it can recover the 3D object in a short time and only need one deformed fringe pattern. Computer simulations and experiment validate the feasibility of the method.     

倾斜式测量系统的傅里叶变换轮廓术研究

在传统傅里叶变换轮廓术的研究基础上,本文提出了一种倾斜式测量系统的傅里叶变换轮廓术,该技术放宽了传统傅里叶变换轮廓术测量系统的三个约束条件:CCD成像系统的光轴不需要与参考平面垂直,即有一定的倾斜度;投射系统的出瞳和CCD成像系统的入瞳中心之间的连线不需要与参考平面平行;投射系统的光轴和CCD成像系统的光轴不在同一平面内,且不交于参考平面上一点. 并且通过严格的理论分析,推导出高度与相位之间的关系式,与传统傅里叶变换轮廓术相比较,在保证一定的测量精度的前提下,倾斜式测量系统具有更强的实用性和可操作性. 关键词： 傅里叶变换轮廓术 倾斜式 测量系统 相位     

三维轮廓扫描法测量透镜曲率半径的实验研究

三维轮廓扫描方法可通过连续扫描透镜表面三维空间形貌,拟合得到其曲率半径值。该方法具有测量精度高、可任意选定测量区域、测量力微弱、对光学表面划伤可忽略等优点。通过实验,研究了三维轮廓扫描法测量透镜曲率半径的精度,并分析了测量区域大小、扫描间距等因素对测量精度的影响。实验结果表明,该方法测量凸、凹球面透镜的曲率半径的相对重复性可达到110-6。     

Discussions on phase-reconstructing algorithms for 3D digitizing structure-light profilometry

For the 3D digitizing structure-light profilometry, five kinds of phase reconstructing (PR) algorithms, including Schofield's S-FFT (with 4 pairs of FFT & Inverse FFT operators) algorithm, Volkov's deterministic V-FFT PR algorithm (with only one pair of FFT operators and one Inverse FFT operator), quality-guided (QG) method, weighted least-square (WLS) method and a proposed Discrete-Cosine-Transform-Based (DCT-B) algorithm have been implemented and discussed in detail. The computer-simulated data show that the WLS and V-FFT enjoy the least phase error, but the QG algorithm achieves the trade-off between reliability and computational time. The S-FFT together with V-FFT method almost fails to deal with the experimental data with abrupt phase variance. Among the other three algorithms, the DCT-B algorithm shows its advantage over QG and WLS algorithms in settling these problems. Considering phase error and computational time, it could win the priority in PR. The experimental results also demonstrate that the proposed DCT-B algorithm could be firstly considered in the application of structure-light profilometry, especially to process the abrupt-phase maps.     

Improved intensity-optimized dithering technique for 3D shape measurement

The recently proposed optimized dithering techniques are able to improve measurement quality obviously. However, those phase-based optimization methods are sensitive to the amount of defocusing while intensity-based optimization methods cannot reduce the phase error efficiently. This paper presents a novel method, minimizing a proposed objective function named intensity residual error (IRE), as well as a novel framework, optimizing pixels group by group, to construct binary patterns for high-quality 3D shape measurement. Both the simulation and experimental results show that this proposed algorithm can achieve phase quality improvements over other recently optimized dithering techniques with various amounts of defocusing.     

新的基于条纹投影轮廓测量的系统标定方法

提出一种新的光栅条纹投影轮廓测量术系统标定模型,新模型不要求投影装置和成像系统的光心连线与参考面平行、成像系统的光轴垂直于参考面及投影装置和成像系统的光轴相交。基于该模型得出了新的相位高度映射关系,其待定系数与成像点的坐标无关。实际测量中只需2个高度不同的标准块便可以求得待定系数。对4个标准块进行高度测量,得到的最大相对误差为06%。实验证明:该标定方法简单有效,提高了系统标定的可操作性和测量精度。