Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 59, Issue 14, 1415003(2022)

Industrial Vision Based on Polarization Imaging and Its Key Technologies

Haibo Luo1,2,3、*, Junfeng Cao1,2,3,4, Xingqin Gai5, and Qinghai Ding6
Author Affiliations
  • 1Key Laboratory of Opto-Electronic Information Processing, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, Liaoning , China
  • 2Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, Liaoning , China
  • 3Institutes for Robotics and Intelligent Manufacturing, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110169, Liaoning , China
  • 4University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 5Hebei Hanguang Heavy Industry Co., Ltd., Handan 056107, Hebei , China
  • 6Space Star Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing 100086, China
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    Figures & Tables(10)
    Schematic of division-of-focal-plane IMX250MZR polarimeter[9]
    Traditional imaging and polarization imaging for glass. (a) Traditional imaging; (b) polarization imaging
    Imaging of iron, aluminum, copper, silt, rubber, and cotton materials[14]
    Schematic of CMOS sensor function division[18]
    Measurement process of polarization 3D imaging
    System layout of polarization imaging-based phase measurement[33]
    Flowchart of phase measurement
    System layout of snapshot multi-wavelength microscope[34]
    System layout with RGB laser and red LED as source[34]
    • Table 1. Technical characteristics of typical polarization imaging methods[1]

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      Table 1. Technical characteristics of typical polarization imaging methods[1]

      MethodDesign feature

      Fabrication-integration

      Issues,Cost

      Misregistration issue
      Rotating element

      • Robust

      • Relatively small

      • Not suitable for dynamic scenes

      • Easiest to implement

      • Inexpensive

      • Scene and platform motion

      • Beam wander not a problem or removed in software

      • Misregistration is linear

      Division of amplitude(multiple FPAs)

      • Simultaneous acquisition

      • Large system size

      • High mechanical flexibility and rigidity required

      • Expensive

      • Large

      • Must register multiple FPAs

      • Misregistration can be fixed

      • Can be nonlinear

      Division of aperture

      (single FPA)

      • Simultaneous acquisition

      • Smaller size

      • Loss of spatial resolution

      • Expensive

      • Fixed misregistration

      • Can be nonlinear

      Division of focal plane

      • Simultaneous acquisition

      • Small and rugged

      • Loss of spatial resolution

      • Fabrication difficult

      • Alignment difficult

      • Very expensive

      • IFOVs misregistered

      • Requires interpolation

      • Fixed registration

      Coboresight

      • Simultaneous acquisition

      • Best used at long ranges

      • Easy integration

      • Expensive

      • Misregistration not as stable
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    Paper Information

    Category: Machine Vision

    Received: Mar. 30, 2022

    Accepted: May. 5, 2022

    Published Online: Jul. 1, 2022

    The Author Email: Haibo Luo (luohb@sia.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP202259.1415003

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