Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 55, Issue 4, 042802(2018)

Dual-Kinect Spatial Position Calibration Method Based on Sphere and Plane Model

Pan Ou*, Kai Zhou, and Shuai Wu
Author Affiliations
  • School of Instrumentation Science and Opto-Electronic Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
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    Diagrams of two-view calibration model and parameters. (a) View 1; (b) view 2
    Point cloud calibration models with different Kinect's views. (a) Point cloud 1; (b) point cloud 2
    Plane segmentation and normal vector extraction results of point cloud
    Extraction results of point cloud normal vector. (a) RANSAC algorithm; (b) improved RANSAC algorithm
    (a) Sphere extraction and (b) sphere fitting result of point cloud
    Registration results of classic ICP algorithm. (a) Un-registrated point cloud; (b) registrated point cloud
    (a) Registration result of adaptive threshold ICP; (b) registration result of proposed method in the paper
    • Table 1. Extraction algorithm of normal vector

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      Table 1. Extraction algorithm of normal vector

      Normal vector extraction algorithm (P, T, ET, NR, Nums)1: for all pi in P2: ni←Compute Normals (pi, NR)3: end for4: while et>ET5: Temp Plane←Random Extract Points (P, Nums)6: NTempPlane←Get Normals Average (TempPlane)7: for all pi in P8: ei←abs(NTempPlane-ni)9: add ei to Ej10: if ei<T, then11: add pi to Modelj12: end if13: end for14: RE, IPNj, TPNj, Nj←Get Params From (Modelj)15: et←Calculate Termination Condition (IT, RE, IPNj, TPNj)16: end while17: return Nj
    • Table 2. Error between fixed points obtained by plane intersection and sphere center

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      Table 2. Error between fixed points obtained by plane intersection and sphere center

      Pstd /mmSstd /mm(Pstd-Sstd) /mm
      5.022.342.68
      4.862.452.41
      5.121.843.28
      4.672.032.64
      4.891.763.13
      4.872.132.74
      5.071.983.09
    • Table 3. Calibration accuracy of different algorithms

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      Table 3. Calibration accuracy of different algorithms

      S /mmA /(°)
      ICPImproved ICPOur methodICPImproved ICPOur method
      211271532
      251341931
      291051842
      221331752
      24951931
      21741644
    • Table 4. Time consuming of different algorithms

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      Table 4. Time consuming of different algorithms

      AlgorithmTime-consuming /s
      ICP20.1
      Improved ICP15.2
      Our method3.4
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    Paper Information

    Category: Remote Sensing and Sensors

    Received: Sep. 9, 2017

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Sep. 11, 2018

    The Author Email: Pan Ou (oupan@buaa.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP55.042802

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