Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 50, Issue 14, 1404005(2023)

Ground Target Location Method Under Fixed Installation of Inertial Measurement Unit and Camera

Chen Chen1,2, Banglei Guan1,2、*, Yang Shang1,2、**, Zhang Li1,2, and Qifeng Yu1,2
Author Affiliations
  • 1College of Aerospace Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, Hunan, China
  • 2Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Image Measurement and Vision Navigation, Changsha 410073, Hunan, China
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    Figures & Tables(13)
    Coordinate systems. (a) Spatial coordinate systems; (b) camera coordinate system and image coordinate system
    Ground target location method
    Relationship between number of iterations of RANSAC and proportion of outliers
    Schematic diagram of ground target location
    Target location error under different pixel error. (a) 4-point algorithm; (b) 5-point algorithm
    Target location error under different rotation error. (a) 4-point algorithm; (b) 5-point algorithm
    Target location error under different location error of platform. (a) 4-point algorithm; (b) 5-point algorithm
    Target location error under different rotation angle error with pixel error standard deviation of 0.1 pixel
    Target location error under different location error of platform with pixel error standard deviation of 0.1 pixel and rotation error standard deviation of 0.1°. (a) 4-point algorithm; (b) 5-point algorithm
    Distribution of track points in flight test
    • Table 1. Algorithm flow

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      Table 1. Algorithm flow

      AlgorithmGlobal optimal location algorithm based on laser ranging
      ApplicationLong distance, large inclination, small intersection angle, and other limited observation conditions
      InputImages, rotation angles, internal parameter, external parameter matrix of the first frame
      OutputTarget location P
      1Feature points extraction and matching of two neighboring frames
      2Establish Eq. (7) with 4 corresponding points and 1 rotation angle
      3Calculate essential matrix E based on Gröbner basis
      4Get rotation matrix and translation vector by singular value decomposition of E
      5Repeat steps 2-4 with RANSAC
      6Determine pose estimation between neighboring frames
      7Use Eq. (10) to calculate projection matrix M of each frame
      8Use Eq. (11) to intersect location of target P
    • Table 2. Flight test parameters

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      Table 2. Flight test parameters

      Group123
      Intersection angle /(°)53.970024.026624.3597
      Number of images161734
    • Table 3. Location results

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      Table 3. Location results

      MethodResultGroup
      123
      4-pointTarget location error /m10.746268.122942.8668
      Iterations7844432524
      Threshold1×10-121×10-121×10-12
      5-pointTarget location error /m317.0942327.7238225.5647
      Iterations141511463733
      Threshold1×10-121×10-121×10-12
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    Chen Chen, Banglei Guan, Yang Shang, Zhang Li, Qifeng Yu. Ground Target Location Method Under Fixed Installation of Inertial Measurement Unit and Camera[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2023, 50(14): 1404005

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    Paper Information

    Category: Measurement and metrology

    Received: Dec. 13, 2022

    Accepted: Feb. 10, 2023

    Published Online: Jul. 10, 2023

    The Author Email: Guan Banglei (banglei.guan@hotmail.com), Shang Yang (shangyang1977@nudt.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/CJL221523

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