A new Camera Model and Algorithms for higher Accuracy and better Convergence in Vision-based Pose Calculations
2006 (English)In: Mechatronics and Automation, Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE International Conference on, 2006, p. 194-199Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
This paper presents novel strategies for better calibration and pose calculations of a system for determining the pose, i.e. position and orientation, of a camera. The system in question has a camera aimed to be placed on the hand of an industrial robot for welding, but is useful for any application with a need for measuring position and/or orientation. To calculate the pose of the camera circular reference points that can be recognized in the images are distributed in the working area. From their 2D image coordinates the 6D pose of the camera can be calculated. First the system is calibrated, i.e. the positions of the reference points and the camera parameters are determined. This is done by first taking images of the reference points from different locations, and then do a "total calibration" procedure to calculate the unknown parameters. For a specific system, called PosEye, it was concluded that the accuracy needs to be improved for welding applications. Also a method for making the calculations converge more easily, was needed. To meet these demands a new camera model is proposed, and three preprocessing calculation steps are presented. The new camera model increases accuracy by considering more distortion effects. The preprocessing steps give better initial values for more robust convergence of the algorithms and increased accuracy
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2006. p. 194-199
Keywords [en]
calibration, image sensors, industrial robots, robot vision, welding, 2D image coordinates, PosEye, camera calibration, camera circular reference points, industrial robot, vision-based pose calculations, welding applications, Camera calibration, Camera model, Machine vision, Pose measurement
National Category
Computer graphics and computer vision Control Engineering
Research subject
ENGINEERING, Mechatronics
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-1794DOI: 10.1109/ICMA.2006.257495ISBN: 1-4244-0465-7 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hv-1794DiVA, id: diva2:242261
Conference
IEEE international conference on Mechatronics and Automation
2009-10-072009-10-062025-02-01Bibliographically approved