Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 62, Issue 6, 0615005(2025)

Calibration Method for Stereo Near-Infrared Cameras Based on Scale Smoothing and Outlier Edges Removal

Yuchuan Tao*, Hongce Liu, Rui Ma, Binyuan Liu, and Xueyuan Wang
Author Affiliations
  • School of Information Engineering, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010, Sichuan , China
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    Figures & Tables(22)
    Imaging principle of stereo camera
    Visible light circular array target. (a) Halcon calibration board; (b) circular array calibration board
    Hardware physical diagram of near-infrared target. (a) 850 nm LED beads; (b) printed circuit board
    Near-infrared target imaging effect and comparison of connected component area. (a) Grayscale image; (b) three-dimensional color mapping; (c) comparison of connected area of the LEDs
    Preprocessing effect of feature points. (a) Original image of large scale; (b) preprocessing result of large scale; (c) original image of small scale; (d) preprocessing result of small scale
    Ideal edge model. (a) Original edge model; (b) rotated edge model
    Ellipse in image coordinate system
    Algorithm process of outlier edges removal
    Near-infrared target in world coordinate system
    Schematic of feature points sorting
    Sorting results at different rotation angles
    Simulated near-infrared target projection image. (a) Target projection image; (b) local small scale; (c) local large scale
    Pixel error under different standard deviations of Gaussian white noise
    Near-infrared stereo camera system and experimental schematic diagram. (a) System in photographing target; (b) schematic of photographing target
    Distributions of stereo mean reprojection error for five algorithms
    Distribution of mean reprojection error
    Impact of three parameters on mean reprojection error. (a) kt; (b) lt; (c) σ
    Target reconstruction result
    Statistical histogram of samples. (a) Before removing outliers; (b) after removing outliers
    • Table 0. [in Chinese]

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      Table 0. [in Chinese]

      输入:无序点集p、靶标阵列的高h和宽w、仿射变换矩阵H

      for(i=0:h):

      for(j=0:w):

      利用仿射变换矩阵HPij变换为ξij

      for(k=0:h*w):

      找出p中距离ξij最近的点,并添加到排序结果中

      输出:排序后的特征点点集
    • Table 1. Mean reprojection error of five algorithms

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      Table 1. Mean reprojection error of five algorithms

      MethodCannyGrayscale centroidRef. [11ZernikeProposed
      MRE0.1307240.1138280.1134630.1063750.102908
    • Table 3. Calibration results of stereo near-infrared cameras

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      Table 3. Calibration results of stereo near-infrared cameras

      ParameterLeft NIRCRight NIRC
      Focal length /pixelα2003.362018.40
      β2004.692016.20
      Principal point /pixelu0497.263506.778
      v0221.143190.778
      Distortion coefficientk10.004622-0.018133
      k2-2.064640-2.631290
      p1-0.001361-0.000180
      p2-0.2332820.005295
      k314.05260021.667700
      Skew factorγ-0.206605-0.327560
      PositionR0.999555-0.004939-0.0294140.005599     0.999733    0.0224010.029296-0.022557    0.999316
      T-199.599000    -0.436437         0.968082
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    Yuchuan Tao, Hongce Liu, Rui Ma, Binyuan Liu, Xueyuan Wang. Calibration Method for Stereo Near-Infrared Cameras Based on Scale Smoothing and Outlier Edges Removal[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2025, 62(6): 0615005

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    Paper Information

    Category: Machine Vision

    Received: Jul. 8, 2024

    Accepted: Aug. 28, 2024

    Published Online: Mar. 10, 2025

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    DOI:10.3788/LOP241647

    CSTR:32186.14.LOP241647

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