Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 8, Issue 6, 601(2010)

Evaluating 3D position and velocity of subject in parabolic flight experiment by use of the binocular stereo vision measurement

Tao Jin1, Hongzhi Jia1, Wenmei Hou1, Ryo Yamamoto2, Norihiro Nagai2, Yusaku Fujii2, Koichi Maru2, Naoya Ohta3, and Kazuhito Shimada4
Author Affiliations
  • 1Shanghai Key Laboratory of Modern Optical System, School of Optical-Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
  • 2Department of Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Gunma University, Gunma 376-8515, Japan
  • 3Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Engineering, Gunma University, Gunma 376-8515, Japan
  • 4Medical Operations, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), JAXA Houston Office, Houston 77058, USA
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    A practical method for evaluating the three-dimensional (3D) position and velocity of a moving object used in the parabolic flight experiment is developed by using the binocular stereo vision measurement theory. The camera calibration mathematic model without considering the lens distortion is introduced. The direct linear transformation (DLT) algorithm is improved to accomplish the camera calibration. The camera calibration result and optimization algorithm are used to calculate the object's world coordinate from image coordinate. The 3D position and the velocity of the moving object are obtained. The standard uncertainty in estimating the velocity is 0.0024 m/s, which corresponds to 1% level of the velocity of the object in the experiment. The results show that this method is very useful for the parabolic flight experiments.

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    Tao Jin, Hongzhi Jia, Wenmei Hou, Ryo Yamamoto, Norihiro Nagai, Yusaku Fujii, Koichi Maru, Naoya Ohta, Kazuhito Shimada. Evaluating 3D position and velocity of subject in parabolic flight experiment by use of the binocular stereo vision measurement[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2010, 8(6): 601

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    Paper Information

    Received: Sep. 25, 2009

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Jun. 22, 2010

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    DOI:10.3788/COL20100806.0601

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