46 results about "Active illumination" patented technology

The invention discloses a polarization spectrum modulation type multispectral stereo imaging method which solves the problem that in the prior art, an existing polarization spectrum imaging scheme does not achieve three-dimensional reconstruction of a target and achieves the purpose that the three-dimensional reconstruction of the target is not achieved under the condition that active illumination or special marks are not needed. Synchronous high-precision reconstruction of physical attributes and three-dimensional geometry of the surface of the target is realized; the method comprises the following steps: uniformly modulating polarization information and spectral information of incident light of a target through a three-way optical filter and a polaroid to obtain modulated incident light information; performing aliasing acquisition of a plurality of polarization spectrum components on the modulated incident light information through a multi-color detector combination to obtain aliasing light intensity; performing linear solution on the aliasing light intensity to obtain each polarization spectrum component vector, calculating the polarization degree and the polarization angle of each channel, and further deriving a surface zenith angle and an azimuth angle; reconstructing the three-dimensional morphology of each spectrum channel through normal gradient field frequency domain integration; and finally, fusing the multi-spectral three-dimensional data to obtain a multi-spectral three-dimensional imaging result.

The invention discloses an underwater image enhancement method and system based on binocular vision and polarization imaging. The method comprises the following steps: firstly, synchronously acquiring an orthogonal polarization image pair through a binocular polarization imaging unit, recovering scene depth information from the polarization image pair by using a binocular stereoscopic vision technology, and calculating a transmissivity graph; analyzing the polarization characteristic difference between target reflected light and backscattered light, establishing a polarization difference model, and separating background scattered light; solving an underwater imaging equation in combination with the depth information and a polarization difference model to obtain a preliminary restoration result of the target reflected light; and finally, further improving the image quality through the steps of multi-scale spectrum analysis, adaptive filter construction and post-processing by adopting a spectrum adaptive image enhancement technology. The system comprises a binocular polarization imaging unit, a calculation processing unit and an active illumination unit. According to the method, the problems of color distortion, low contrast and fuzzy details of the underwater image are solved, and the visual quality and usability of the underwater image are improved.

A particle beam illuminating system includes a beam steering control subsystem configured to receive charged particles and to generate and scan a particle beam over at least a portion of a target located a distance of at least 10 meters from the beam steering control subsystem. The system further includes a beam charge control subsystem configured to receive the particle beam from the beam steering control subsystem and to control an output charge of the particle beam impinging the target.

The invention relates to the technical field of robots and computer vision, in particular to an anti-dynamic-shielding mechanical arm visual servo method and system, and the method comprises the steps: calibrating an illumination response reference model before servo; in the servo process, the environment monitoring system senses the dynamic obstacle and predicts the movement of the dynamic obstacle; according to the predicted illumination disturbance, the active illumination array performs reverse compensation to maintain the image quality; and the system continuously evaluates the comprehensive stability index, and performs hierarchical response according to the index value, including illumination compensation, path maintenance or obstacle avoidance re-planning. According to the mechanical arm visual servo method and system capable of resisting dynamic shielding, the technical problem that in the prior art, due to the fact that illumination sudden change and physical shielding cannot be effectively processed during dynamic shielding, a visual system fails in advance is solved, and the mechanical arm visual servo method and system capable of resisting dynamic shielding can achieve pre-judgment and actively compensate illumination disturbance; servo task continuity is ensured under a multi-level response mechanism, and stability and robustness of a visual system in a complex dynamic environment are guaranteed.

The present application relates to computer vision and three-dimensional reconstruction technical field, disclose a kind of based on image recognition's building decoration component three-dimensional modeling method, method includes the following steps: receiving near-axis active illumination image sequence, solving camera pose and equivalent point light source trajectory;Inverse projection two-dimensional foreground mask generates maximum base envelope grid;Combining brightness gradient and texture high-frequency edge tensor field removes false shadow, extract effective sweep shadow mask;Tracking shadow residual optical flow displacement and combining light source trajectory analysis absolute depth, generate local three-dimensional point cloud;Surface reconstruction is executed to point cloud and opening plugging constructs negative space primitive entity grid;Extract the Laplace curvature energy of interface to generate normal shrinkage constraint, control entity grid after shrinkage and envelope grid execute Boolean difference set operation output model.The present application extracts absolute depth in featureless recessed area, and eliminates the boundary interference and distortion of grid Boolean operation.

The application provides a detection device and method for fasteners and a fastener, and belongs to the technical fields of precision manufacturing and industrial visual detection. The method comprises the following steps: performing multi-spectrum active illumination configuration on a fastener production line to generate multi-spectrum illumination parameter data; deploying a multi-spectrum light source array according to the multi-spectrum illumination parameter data to construct a multi-spectrum active sensing network; and through the fusion application of multi-spectrum active illumination and neural radiation field three-dimensional reconstruction technology, the recognition accuracy of the surface defects of the fastener is significantly improved, the geometric size measurement is realized to the level of ±0.003 mm, and the detection rate of the micro defects is improved to 99.5%.

The invention discloses a photographic image enhancement method based on a low-altitude economic unmanned aerial vehicle, and the method comprises the steps: transmitting a laser pulse, obtaining an echo signal of the laser pulse, and obtaining echo power data changing along with the echo time; acquiring a first image of active illumination and a second image of passive illumination in the same observation period; calculating atmospheric extinction coefficient distribution on a path from an observation point to a scenic spot according to the echo power data, and constructing a three-dimensional atmospheric particle field based on the atmospheric extinction coefficient distribution; calculating a target direct illumination component of the scene, and acquiring a spectral signal of the second image as a target spectral signal; obtaining a target intrinsic material parameter under passive illumination and a target illumination parameter after interference removal; and synthesizing and outputting an enhanced image through a graphic renderer. According to the method, the final enhanced image is established on the real atmospheric physical model, the problem of scene information loss in the prior art is solved, and the quality of the enhanced image is improved.

A measurement system with active illumination using pulsed semiconductor diodes and a detection system comprising a camera imager with lenses and spectral filters that is synchronized to the pulsed diodes. The light generated by the diodes may comprise visible or near-infrared wavelengths. The measurement system may also comprise a time-of-flight sensor or a beam splitter to separate the diode light into a plurality of spatially separated lights. The detection system may be configured to receive light reflected from tissue comprising skin and may be configured to perform a differential measurement between a hand and another region of tissue. The measurement system including a processor may be configured to identify veins in the hand or measure oxygen level in blood. The system may be used to identify an object or to measure physiological parameters. The system may also be coupled to a cloud service and use artificial intelligence in making decisions.

The invention relates to a direct flight time ranging method and system for structured light illumination, and belongs to the technical field of industrial automation, and the method comprises the steps: projecting a structured pulse laser illumination field to a target scene; the structured pulse laser illumination field forms a space pattern with a light and shade alternating contrast characteristic in the space; the spatial pattern at least comprises a high-brightness active illumination area and at least one low-brightness or non-illumination background reference area; identifying and separating a background light signal from a background reference area from light signals based on the distribution of the light signals of the active lighting area and the background reference area in the space pattern by projecting a structured pulse laser lighting field; according to the invention, the background noise component is estimated based on the background light signal, and the noise contribution related to the background noise component is removed from the light signal reflected by the target object in the target scene to obtain the effective signal after background suppression, so that the effective noise removal and the accurate detection of the effective signal are facilitated, and the distance measurement accuracy is improved.

The invention relates to a measuring point device (100) for measuring an object (200). The measuring point device (100) has a minimum dimension length (110) of at least 5 cm, a maximum dimension length (110) of at most 50 cm, a minimum dimension width (120) of at least 5 cm, a maximum dimension width (120) of at most 50 cm, a minimum dimension height (130) of at least 10 cm, and a maximum dimension height (130) of at most 125 cm, preferably at most 100 cm, particularly preferably at most 75 cm, and more specifically at most 50 cm. Furthermore, the measuring point device (100) has an identification device (140). The identification device (140) further comprises a passive identification means (142) and / or an active identification means (144). Furthermore, the identification device (140) has an active illumination means (150) and a passive illumination means (160).The identification device (140) allows for the unambiguous identification of the measuring point device (100). Furthermore, the invention relates to a corresponding method and system (1000).

The application provides a fog detection imaging method of active polarization fog removal and noise removal processing cooperation, laser active illumination is used to increase target surface illumination, a space gating imaging mechanism of distance gating is used to shield scattered light from a non-gating area, and the signal-to-noise ratio of target detection in a scattering medium scene is improved; for the superimposed signal of target light and scattered light collected from the gating area, a scattering imaging model based on active detection is established, a polarization fog removal algorithm under active detection is developed based on the polarization difference between the target light and the backscattering light, and the influence of the backscattering light is removed; based on the additive noise property of the forward scattering light on the image, the BM3D algorithm is used to remove the influence of the additive noise such as the forward scattering light to optimize the image, and clear imaging of the target in the thick fog scene is realized; the application uses the fusion means of the active detection mode and the polarization fog removal algorithm, and can realize the fog-transparent detection imaging with the consideration of resolution and speed in the thick fog scene.

The present application belongs to the technical field of laser ranging, and relates to a ranging system and method based on an asynchronous array single-photon detector. The system comprises a synchronous control module, an active illumination light source, a beam shaping unit, a core control module, a detection imaging system and an upper computer. The present application also proposes a ranging method based on an asynchronous array single-photon detector, which is suitable for the system. The present application can realize ranging and imaging functions by using only a single asynchronous array single-photon detector. Through the working mode of asynchronous array detection and statistical imaging, the dead time effect of the traditional single detector is dispersed to each independent pixel in the area array, thereby effectively reducing the adverse effects of the dead time on the ranging accuracy and data acquisition efficiency. In the meanwhile, the data acquisition efficiency is improved, and the ranging accuracy is further improved, which is suitable for high-speed, high-resolution ranging and three-dimensional imaging applications.

The present application relates to the field of photoelectric detection and intelligent identification, in particular to a cat-eye target detection active imaging system and method based on intelligent vision, comprising: an active illumination module for outputting a pulse laser with adjustable parameters, actively illuminating a target scene, and exciting a cat-eye effect backscatter echo of an optical device in the target scene; a coaxial imaging acquisition module for receiving the backscatter echo of the target scene and collecting information; an intelligent vision processing module for intelligently processing the received image data, outputting target information and scene perception data; an adaptive control module for constructing a closed-loop control link according to the scene perception data and the target information; a display and storage module for realizing human-computer interaction, displaying and storing real-time imaging pictures and target information. Thus, the problems of high false alarm rate, limited detection distance, poor environmental adaptability, and inability to realize target fine classification and continuous tracking in the prior art are solved.

The application discloses a kind of fast double reflection non-visual area imaging methods based on important light screening, which comprises: based on NLOS scene, calibrating sampling system, determine the size of the space to be reconstructed;Change laser light path illumination hidden space, obtain the shadow image generated by active illumination, process the shadow image based on calibration information, get the pose and shadow binary image under three-dimensional coordinates;Based on double reflection NLOS scene, light modeling is carried out, and the three-dimensional reconstruction network of shadow scene is built;The shadow binary image is sampled using a multi-resolution sampling method based on edge intensity;The shadow binary image after sampling is input into the reconstruction network for training with the pose;The shadow binary image obtained is dynamically sampled using a difference light sampling method;The three-dimensional reconstruction of NLOS dynamic scene is realized.The application realizes low delay in reflecting the dynamic change of the scene and completes the reconstruction of the moving object.

A system and method for measuring the optical phase of incident light using direct detection and for producing speckle-free images, designed for use with coherent illumination and reflective imaging geometries. Applications include speckle mitigation for active imaging, resolution enhancement using synthetic aperture methods, and digitally correcting aberrations in images or refocusing. The system hardware combines pupil-plane phase modulation with dual-plane direct-detection measurements of the image and pupil-plane intensities. The reconstruction software uses a regularized-inversion estimation framework that couples a data-fidelity model, a physics-based model for rough surface scattering of coherent light, and convolutional neural network model for natural images. The regularized inversion framework is solved iteratively using alternating projection.

Apparatuses, systems and methods are disclosed for reducing interference between an active illumination device and external radiation sources, for example, other active illumination devices operating within the vicinity. A disclosed system includes one or more active illumination devices, each configured to emit an illumination signal and also to receive a returned portion of its respective illumination signal with at least one sensor. At least one of the active illumination devices is capable of detecting interference caused by an external source, for example, an illumination signal emitted from another active illumination device. As a result of detecting the interference, the receiving active illumination device changes the timing of its subsequent illumination signals and sensor operation. By detecting collisions between illumination signals and consequently altering the timing of it operation, the active illumination device may reduce interference in congested environments where multiple active illumination devices are operating within range of each other.

This invention provides a multi-ray coaxial laser processing monitoring device based on active illumination. The device includes a laser welding head, a monitoring module, and an auxiliary light source unit. The monitoring module includes a beam reversing unit and a monitoring unit. The beam reversing unit includes a first beam bending module, a second beam bending module, an adjustment module, a third beam bending module, and a fourth beam bending module. The fourth beam bending module is located within the laser welding head. The first beam bending module is connected to the fourth beam bending module and the second beam bending module. The third beam bending module is horizontally connected to one end of the second beam bending module via the adjustment module. The monitoring unit includes a first monitoring unit, a second monitoring unit, and a third monitoring unit. This invention achieves multi-sensor integration and, by adding an auxiliary light source, increases the imaging clarity of the visual sensor, realizing multi-ray coaxial monitoring.

The method for long-distance large-DOF multi-spectral displacement measurement of automatic compensation of deformation of measuring platform adopts multi-camera sub-region monitoring or single-camera scanning monitoring of the center change of the target to be measured to complete multi-point high-precision deformation measurement of the building; the target is designed into an active illumination target with Gaussian distribution (or other low-frequency light intensity distribution) of light intensity, the center of the target light spot is extracted by using the digital image processing technology such as feature point matching and barycentric algorithm, and the center extraction of the target center is better than 0.1 pixel; the magnification of the camera lens (fixed focus or zoom) is automatically corrected through the change of multiple light spot centers with a fixed interval of a single target; the measurement accuracy, the measurement efficiency and the reliability are improved through error compensation of six-degree-of-freedom deformation of the measuring platform.

The application provides a single-photon single-pixel full-spectrum camera covering a visible to near-infrared band, and belongs to the field of single-photon multi-spectral imaging; solves the problems of image detail loss, spectral proportion imbalance and limited spectral resolution in the prior art; the camera is composed of a multi-spectral light emitting module, a single-photon single-pixel imaging module and a computing processing module which can be modularly integrated; the emitting module integrates multiple independently modulated pulsed lasers to realize multi-band active illumination; the imaging module uses a digital micromirror device to load a compressed sensing mask to modulate target reflected light, and records photon events in the mask; the computing processing module extracts mask measurement values based on discrete photon events, reconstructs full-spectrum and photon counting images, and realizes detail enhancement and spectral prediction in combination with a correlation optimization neural network; the application can realize high-precision imaging and spectral restoration in an extremely weak light scene, and is suitable for real-time full-spectrum imaging of a portable, unmanned and embedded platform.

The invention provides a polarization difference imaging method, a polarization difference imaging device, a polarization difference imaging system and electronic equipment. The polarization difference imaging method can comprise the following steps: measuring a Mueller matrix of a target scene, wherein the target scene comprises a to-be-measured object and a scattering medium environment where the to-be-measured object is located; determining an optimal illumination light polarization azimuth angle of the target scene by using the Mueller matrix of the target scene, wherein the image quality of an emergent light polarization angle image of the target scene is optimal under the active illumination condition of the optimal illumination light polarization azimuth angle; determining a backward scattering light polarization angle of the target scene under the active illumination condition of the optimal illumination light polarization azimuth angle; and obtaining a polarization difference intensity image of the target scene by using the backward scattering light polarization angle of the target scene. According to the invention, the polarization difference imaging quality can be effectively improved.

The invention provides a vehicle control device, system and method. The vehicle control device comprises a main control module and an optical sensor connected with the main control module. The optical sensor is used for collecting optical signals generated when the vehicle control equipment moves on the contact surface and transmitting the optical signals to the main control module; the main control module is used for generating cursor operation information for controlling a target interaction interface according to the received optical signal, and sending the cursor operation information to the vehicle host, so that the vehicle host executes a target vehicle function based on the cursor operation information; wherein the optical sensor works in an active illumination mode, and the target interactive interface is an interactive interface displayed by the target vehicle-mounted display screen. According to the technical scheme, the problem that a traditional control mode is highly dependent on the environment can be solved, and the control accuracy is improved; in addition, the vehicle can be effectively controlled only by moving the vehicle control equipment, and operation is convenient and fast.

The invention relates to the technical field of high-temperature material mechanical test and non-contact optical full-field measurement, in particular to the technical field of fatigue test equipment, and discloses a high-temperature tension-torsion composite fatigue test device integrated with a time gating DIC, which comprises a mechanical loading measurement module and an imaging module working with the mechanical loading measurement module, the mechanical loading measurement module is provided with a clamping assembly and a transmission assembly which are used for clamping a sample and transmitting tension and torsion combined load, and a tension test assembly and a torsion test assembly which are respectively used for measuring axial deformation and torsion deformation of the sample; the imaging module comprises an active illumination unit, an image acquisition unit and a synchronous control unit, and the synchronous control unit is configured to synchronously trigger the active illumination unit and the image acquisition unit at a preset phase according to a fatigue load cycle signal so as to obtain a time sequence structured light image of the surface of the sample.

Sensor methods and systems incorporating an integrated illumination source or light source are provided. The sensor may have a plurality of pixels and an integrated light source. The sensor may further include or be associated with imaging optics. The light source operates to generate illumination light. The illumination light travels through the imaging optics toward a scene within a field of view of the sensor system. Objects within the field of view reflect the light collected by the imaging optics onto at least some of the pixels. In at least some configurations, an output of the light source is located adjacent to the pixel and provides the illumination light to the imaging optics by reflecting the illumination light from at least some of the pixels. In other configurations, the light source excites pixel elements, thereby generating the illumination light provided to the imaging optics.

The invention provides a multispectral radiation temperature measuring device and a multispectral radiation temperature measuring method based on an endoscopic probe. The multispectral radiation temperature measuring device and the multispectral radiation temperature measuring method are particularly suitable for temperature detection of engine turbine blades. The device comprises an endoscopic probe, a cooling protective cover, a fixed flange plate, a multispectral camera and a three-dimensional temperature field analysis module, radiation signals and image information of a blade are effectively obtained through a reflector and a dichroscope which are arranged at the front end of the endoscopic probe, and by combining the advanced cooling protective cover and an active illumination structure design, the blade radiation detection accuracy is improved. A multispectral camera is used for imaging, and in-situ online measurement of the three-dimensional morphology and the temperature field of the turbine blade is achieved. The device is compact in structure, and has the characteristics of small size, high temperature resistance, high definition, full-field measurement and the like.

The invention discloses a water conveyance tunnel disease detection device and method based on a laser line scanning camera array. The device comprises a mobile detection platform, a laser line scanning camera array, a posture and position measurement unit, a synchronous control unit, a data acquisition and processing unit and a disease identification module. The laser line scanning camera array is annularly arranged in the circumferential direction of the section of the tunnel, and line scanning gray imaging is carried out under active illumination of near-infrared laser. The synchronous control unit controls the trigger frequency and the exposure time based on the minimum recognizable scale of the disease, and motion blur is inhibited; the posture and position measuring unit provides PPS time synchronization and event time marks, and high-precision alignment of images and posture data is achieved; the data acquisition and processing unit completes image correction, splicing and spatial registration to generate a two-dimensional expanded image of the inner wall of the tunnel; the disease identification module automatically identifies crack and leakage diseases based on the image. Full-coverage scanning of the inner wall of the tunnel can be realized under the condition of high-speed continuous movement, and the inspection efficiency and the detection precision are remarkably improved.

A depth data measurement device, and a corresponding application method are disclosed. The measurement device includes: a projection assembly for projecting linear light onto an imaging object in relative motion; an image sensor for imaging based on the reflected light of the linear light, the each pixel sending a valid signal with a timestamp when the change in the amount of light received per unit time exceeds a threshold; and a processor for calculating the surface depth information of the object based on the positions of pixels corresponding to the valid signals, the timestamps of those valid signals, as well as the relative motion information. The present invention employs linear light to achieve active illumination and imaging of an object undergoing relative motion, and combines an image sensor in which each pixel can independently generate a valid signal when the brightness changes, so that imaging can be performed only for the valid signal, and the timestamp and relative motion information are used to determine the position of the depth data, thereby realizing high-speed depth information acquisition and processing with a simple projection mechanism and extremely low computing power requirements.

The invention discloses a beef cattle body length non-contact accurate measurement method in a channel column-passing scene, and relates to the technical field of livestock three-dimensional measurement, and the method comprises the steps: generating an imaging configuration list and an environment label through an environment near-infrared pollution ratio, a glare index and a stroboscopic phase, and carrying out the linkage of an infrared cut-off filter, wave band / power, active illumination, polarization, exposure, a global shutter and stroboscopic inhibition; single cattle confirmation, quality gating and attitude gating are carried out, and multi-frame acquisition is triggered in short window time synchronization; a three-dimensional back line is obtained in the ridge area based on polarization normal and stereo depth combined constraint, an acromion and a recommended part are determined, extrapolation is carried out on a missing section limited spline, the geodesic body length is calculated, and an evidence field is generated; and monitoring and calibrating the health degree, re-calibrating an out-of-limit minimum sequence, solidifying an evidence packet and feeding forward a threshold value. Therefore, the measurable rate and the consistency are improved under strong direct incidence, wet back reflection and stroboflash, the quantity values are comparable, the reasons can be checked, and the maintenance is not interrupted.

This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for performing image-based identification, such as identification of a location of an object. In some aspects, a device includes an imaging system and a vision processor. The imaging system includes an imaging sensor, a light source, and a filter. The imaging sensor is configured to generate an image that depicts at least a portion of an object that includes multiple reflective markers. The light source is configured to project light. The filter is positioned in a field of view of the imaging sensor and configured to pass at least a portion of the light reflected by at least one of the multiple reflective markers. The vision processor is configured to receive the image captured during projection of the light from the light source, and determine an estimate of a location of the object based on the image.

The application relates to a binocular synchronous imaging system and method based on time consistency control, relates to the technical field of optical imaging and electronic information processing, and solves the problems of inconsistent image sampling time, insufficient time synchronization precision and poor synchronization output stability in the existing binocular imaging system. The application sends a synchronous trigger signal to a binocular image sensor through two physically consistent independent transmission paths, realizes binocular synchronous exposure, and performs format conversion processing on image data; a timestamp is generated for effective image data based on a unified time reference; whole-frame buffering is performed through a DDR storage module, and synchronous consistency is determined based on a binocular image time difference and a buffering state, so that binocular image synchronous output is realized when the synchronization condition is met. According to the image brightness information, the exposure parameter and the active illumination brightness are jointly adjusted, so that the imaging stability and the environmental adaptability in a low-illumination scene are improved. The application is suitable for application scenes such as night close-range target observation.

A handgun may include a slider-integrated active illumination sight. By integration of electrical connectors into the slider that conduct power from a rear powered sight to a front sight mounting area, a light source inside the front sight can emit light to the shooter's eye and make the front sight visible in any light condition. In combination with actively illuminated rear sight marks, the user now sees three evenly illuminated aiming marks. Alternatively, light can be conveyed from the rear unit to the front aiming marks by means of fiber optics.