529 research outputs found
Calibration of smartphone’s rear dual camera system
This paper aims to calibrate smartphone’s rear dual camera system which is composed of two lenses, namely; wide-angle lens and telephoto lens. The proposed approach handles large sized images. Calibration was done by capturing 13 photos for a chessboard pattern from different exposure positions. First, photos were captured in dual camera mode. Then, for both wide-angle and telephoto lenses, image coordinates for node points of the chessboard were extracted. Afterwards, intrinsic, extrinsic, and lens distortion parameters for each lens were calculated. In order to enhance the accuracy of the calibration model, a constrained least-squares solution was applied. The applied constraint was that the relative extrinsic parameters of both wide-angle and telephoto lenses were set as constant regardless of the exposure position. Moreover, photos were rectified in order to eliminate the effect of lens distortion. For results evaluation, two oriented photos were chosen to perform a stereo-pair intersection. Then, the node points of the chessboard pattern were used as check points
Non-parametric Models of Distortion in Imaging Systems.
Traditional radial lens distortion models are based on the physical construction of lenses. However, manufacturing defects and physical shock often cause the actual observed distortion to be different from what can be modeled by the physically motivated models.
In this work, we initially propose a Gaussian process radial distortion model as an alternative to the physically motivated models. The non-parametric nature of this model helps implicitly select the right model complexity, whereas for traditional distortion models one must perform explicit model selection to decide the right parametric complexity.
Next, we forego the radial distortion assumption and present a completely non-parametric, mathematically motivated distortion model based on locally-weighted homographies. The separation from an underlying physical model allows this model to capture arbitrary sources of distortion. We then apply this fully non-parametric distortion model to a zoom lens, where the distortion complexity can vary across zoom levels and the lens exhibits noticeable non-radial distortion.
Through our experiments and evaluation, we show that the proposed models are as accurate as the traditional parametric models at characterizing radial distortion while flexibly capturing non-radial distortion if present in the imaging system.PhDComputer Science and EngineeringUniversity of Michigan, Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studieshttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/120690/1/rpradeep_1.pd
Vision-Based Building Seismic Displacement Measurement by Stratification of Projective Rectification Using Lines
We propose a new flexible technique for accurate vision-based seismic displacement measurement of building structures via a single non-stationary camera with any perspective view. No a priori information about the camera’s parameters or only partial knowledge of the internal camera parameters is required, and geometric constraints in the world coordinate system are employed for projective rectification in this research. Whereas most projective rectifications are conducted by specifying the positions of four or more fixed reference points, our method adopts a stratified approach to partially determine the projective transformation from line-based geometric relationships on the world plane. Since line features are natural and plentiful in a man-made architectural building environment, robust estimation techniques for automatic projective/affine distortion removal can be applied in a more practical way. Both simulations and real-recorded data were used to verify the effectiveness and robustness of the proposed method. We hope that the proposed method could advance the consumer-grade camera system for vision-based structural measurement one more step, from laboratory environments to real-world structural health monitoring systems
3D object reconstruction using computer vision : reconstruction and characterization applications for external human anatomical structures
Tese de doutoramento. Engenharia Informática. Faculdade de Engenharia. Universidade do Porto. 201
Application for photogrammetry of organisms
Single-camera photogrammetry is a well-established procedure to retrieve quantitative
information from objects using photography. In biological sciences, photogrammetry is
often applied to aid in morphometry studies, focusing on the comparative study of shapes
and organisms. Two types of photogrammetry are used in morphometric studies: 2D
photogrammetry, where distance and angle measurements are used to quantitatively
describe attributes of an object, and 3D photogrammetry, where data on landmark
coordinates are used to reconstruct an object true shape. Although there are excellent
software tools for 3D photogrammetry available, software specifically designed to aid in
the somewhat simpler 2D photogrammetry are lacking. Therefore, most studies applying
2D photogrammetry, still rely on manual acquisition of measurements from pictures, that
must then be scaled to an appropriate measuring system. This is often a laborious multistep process, on most cases utilizing diverse software to complete different tasks. In
addition to being time-consuming, it is also error-prone since measurement recording is
often made manually. The present work aimed at tackling those issues by implementing
a new cross-platform software able to integrate and streamline the photogrammetry
workflow usually applied in 2D photogrammetry studies. Results from a preliminary
study show a decrease of 45% in processing time when using the software developed in
the scope of this work in comparison with a competing methodology. Existing limitations
and future work towards improved versions of the software are discussed.Fotogrametria em câmera única é um procedimento bem estabelecido para recolher
dados quantitativos de objectos através de fotografias. Em biologia, fotogrametria é
frequentemente aplicada no contexto de estudos morfométricos, focando-se no estudo
comparativo de formas e organismos. Nos estudos morfométricos são utilizados dois tipos
de aplicação fotogramétrica: fotogrametria 2D, onde são utilizadas medidas de distância
e ângulo para quantitativamente descrever atributos de um objecto, e fotogrametria 3D,
onde são utilizadas coordenadas de referência de forma a reconstruir a verdadeira forma
de um objeto. Apesar da existência de uma elevada variedade de software no contexto de
fotogrametria 3D, a variedade de software concebida especificamente para a a aplicação
de fotogrametria 2D é ainda muito reduzida. Consequentemente, é comum observar
estudos onde fotogrametria 2D é utilizada através da aquisição manual de medidas a partir
de imagens, que posteriormente necessitam de ser escaladas para um sistema apropriado
de medida. Este processo de várias etapas é frequentemente moroso e requer a aplicação
de diferentes programas de software. Além de ser moroso, é também susceptível a erros,
dada a natureza manual na aquisição de dados. O presente trabalho visou abordar os
problemas descritos através da implementação de um novo software multiplataforma
capaz de integrar e agilizar o processo de fotogrametria presentes em estudos que
requerem fotogrametria 2D. Resultados preliminares demonstram um decréscimo de 45%
em tempo de processamento na utilização do software desenvolvido no âmbito deste
trabalho quando comparado a uma metodologia concorrente. Limitações existentes e
trabalho futuro são discutidos
Contributions to image-based object reconstruction : geometric and photometric aspects
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Vision-assisted modeling for model-based video representations
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Program in Media Arts & Sciences, 1997.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 134-145).by Shawn C. Becker.Ph.D
A Full Scale Camera Calibration Technique with Automatic Model Selection – Extension and Validation
This thesis presents work on the testing and development of a complete camera calibration approach which can be applied to a wide range of cameras equipped with normal, wide-angle, fish-eye, or telephoto lenses. The full scale calibration approach estimates all of the intrinsic and extrinsic parameters. The calibration procedure is simple and does not require prior knowledge of any parameters. The method uses a simple planar calibration pattern. Closed-form estimates for the intrinsic and extrinsic parameters are computed followed by nonlinear optimization. Polynomial functions are used to describe the lens projection instead of the commonly used radial model. Statistical information criteria are used to automatically determine the complexity of the lens distortion model.
In the first stage experiments were performed to verify and compare the performance of the calibration method. Experiments were performed on a wide range of lenses. Synthetic data was used to simulate real data and validate the performance. Synthetic data was also used to validate the performance of the distortion model selection which uses Information Theoretic Criterion (AIC) to automatically select the complexity of the distortion model.
In the second stage work was done to develop an improved calibration procedure which addresses shortcomings of previously developed method. Experiments on the previous method revealed that the estimation of the principal point during calibration was erroneous for lenses with a large focal length. To address this issue the calibration method was modified to include additional methods to accurately estimate the principal point in the initial stages of the calibration procedure. The modified procedure can now be used to calibrate a wide spectrum of imaging systems including telephoto and verifocal lenses.
Survey of current work revealed a vast amount of research concentrating on calibrating only the distortion of the camera. In these methods researchers propose methods to calibrate only the distortion parameters and suggest using other popular methods to find the remaining camera parameters. Using this proposed methodology we apply distortion calibration to our methods to separate the estimation of distortion parameters. We show and compare the results with the original method on a wide range of imaging systems
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