Method for 3D noncontact measurements of cut trees package area

Vladimir A. Knyaz; Yuri V. Vizilter

doi:10.1117/12.417202

12 February 2001 Method for 3D noncontact measurements of cut trees package area

Vladimir A. Knyaz, Yuri V. Vizilter

Proceedings Volume 4189, Machine Vision and Three-Dimensional Imaging Systems for Inspection and Metrology; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.417202
Event: Intelligent Systems and Smart Manufacturing, 2000, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

Progress in imaging sensors and computers create the background for numerous 3D imaging application for wide variety of manufacturing activity. Many demands for automated precise measurements are in wood branch of industry. One of them is the accurate volume definition for cut trees carried on the truck. The key point for volume estimation is determination of the front area of the cut tree package. To eliminate slow and inaccurate manual measurements being now in practice the experimental system for automated non-contact wood measurements is developed. The system includes two non-metric CCD video cameras, PC as central processing unit, frame grabbers and original software for image processing and 3D measurements. The proposed method of measurement is based on capturing the stereo pair of front of trees package and performing the image orthotranformation into the front plane. This technique allows to process transformed image for circle shapes recognition and calculating their area. The metric characteristics of the system are provided by special camera calibration procedure. The paper presents the developed method of 3D measurements, describes the hardware used for image acquisition and the software realized the developed algorithms, gives the productivity and precision characteristics of the system.

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Vladimir A. Knyaz and Yuri V. Vizilter "Method for 3D noncontact measurements of cut trees package area", Proc. SPIE 4189, Machine Vision and Three-Dimensional Imaging Systems for Inspection and Metrology, (12 February 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.417202

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