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Automatic and rapid whole-body 3D shape
measurement based on multinode 3D sensing
and speckle projection
JIPING GUO,1,2 XIANG PENG,1,*AMENG LI,2XIAOLI LIU,1AND JIPING YU2
1College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Key Laboratory of Optoelectronics Devices and Systems, Education Ministry of China,
Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
2Geometry Metrology and Test Institute, Shenzhen Academy of Metrology & Quality Inspection, Shenzhen 518060, China
*Corresponding author: xpeng@szu.edu.cn
Received 7 August 2017; revised 17 September 2017; accepted 19 September 2017; posted 19 September 2017 (Doc. ID 304142);
published 31 October 2017
Automatic and rapid whole-body 3D shape measurement has attracted extensive attention in recent years and
been widely used in many fields. Rapid 3D reconstruction, automatic 3D registration, and dedicated system
layout are critical factors to enable an excellent 3D measurement system. In this paper, we present an automatic
and rapid whole- body 3D measurement system that is based on multinode 3D sensors using speckle projection. A
rapid algorithm for searching homologous point pairs is suggested, which takes advantage of the optimized pro-
jective rectification and simplified subpixel matching techniques, leading to an improved time efficiency of 3D
reconstruction. Meanwhile, a low-cost automatic system with a flexible setup and an improved calibration strat-
egy are proposed, where system parameters of each node sensor can be simultaneously estimated with the assis-
tance of a cubic and a planar target. Furthermore, an automatic range data registration strategy by employing two
aided cameras is investigated. Experiment results show that the presented approach can realize automatic whole-
body 3D shape measurement with high efficiency and accuracy. © 2017 Optical Society of America
OCIS codes: (150.6910) Three-dimensional sensing; (120.0120) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology; (150.1488)
Calibration; (120.6150) Speckle imaging.
https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.56.008759
1. INTRODUCTION
Automatic, rapid, and complete 3D data acquisition of whole
object surfaces with high accuracy in real time has attracted
more and more attention from both academic and industrial
circles in recent years. The 3D imaging and measurement tech-
niques based on fringe projection, together with stereovision
have become more popular because of the advantages of non-
contact and fast speed of measurement. Such a technique has
been widely used in many fields, such as industry inspection,
heritage conservation, and body scanning, etc. [1–4].
Generally, there are three critical issues that should be taken
into consideration when using 3D reconstruction methods
based on fringe projection to realize automatic and rapid mea-
surement of 3D data: (1) quick range data acquisition with high
accuracy, which is necessary for range image reconstruction
of object surface in a single view; (2) design and calibration
of automatic 3D sensing layout; (3) strategy for automatic
registration for range data obtained from multiple views and
a rapid algorithm for 3D modeling.
Owing to the obvious advantages of high data density and
high scanning efficiency, 3D reconstruction based on structural
illumination has been developed rapidly, and plenty of ap-
proaches have been reported recently [5–7]. According to
the number of fringe patterns utilized, those approaches can
be classified as the multiple-shots method (MSM) and the
single-shot method (SSM). One of the typical MSMs uses
fringe projection and phase-shifting technique, which allow
for high resolution and accuracy of the measurement [8–10].
But it needs several (more than one) frame patterns to recon-
struct single-range data, making for a low data acquisition rate,
and thus measurement errors can be easily induced by system
vibration. The SSM can reconstruct range data by projecting
only one frame pattern. It thus has an ability to avoid the per-
turbation caused by system vibration, the dynamic displace-
ments or shape changes of the object surface, and therefore,
the SSM has great potential for real-time acquisition of 3D
moving objects [11–17]. It is important to note that speckle
pattern projection has good ability to resist ambient light
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