This invention discloses a method and device for monitoring patchy
fog based on a visible light
image sensor and a point
laser, belonging to the field of
atmospheric visibility monitoring technology. The device includes a linearly calibrated visible light
image sensor, a point
laser emitter mounted parallel to the sensor's
optical axis, and a synchronization control and
data processing unit. The core of the method lies in: synchronously controlling and alternately acquiring image pairs of the
laser being on and off, performing
differential analysis to eliminate background interference, and obtaining a pure laser atmospheric scattering
signal; integrating along the laser spot normal direction to obtain an initial brightness profile curve; based on the fixed spatial
pose relationship between the sensor and the laser, mapping the brightness curve in image coordinates to a corrected brightness curve in real spatial distance coordinates through a geometric correction model; calculating the mean and variance of the corrected brightness curve, and calibrating it using standard instruments; and finally simultaneously obtaining the average path
visibility value and the patchy
fog intensity index. This invention is low-cost, has strong anti-interference capabilities, and can effectively achieve quantitative identification and
spatial positioning of patchy
fog, making it suitable for large-scale deployment in scenarios such as highways.