scholarly journals Software to Determine Sphere Center from Terrestrial Laser Scanner Data per ASTM Standard E3125-17

2018 ◽  
Vol 123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prem Rachakonda ◽  
Bala Muralikrishnan ◽  
Luc Cournoyer ◽  
Daniel Sawyer
Keyword(s):  
Point Cloud ◽  
High Speed ◽  
3D Imaging ◽  
Laser Scanner ◽  
Imaging Systems ◽  
Point Cloud Data ◽  
Dimensional Metrology ◽  
Cloud Data ◽  
Point To Point ◽  
Point Distance

Terrestrial laser scanners (TLSs) are instruments that can measure 3D coordinates of objects at high speed using a laser, resulting in high density 3D point cloud data. The Dimensional Metrology Group (DMG) at NIST performed research to support the development of documentary standards within ASTM E57 committee on 3D imaging systems. This led to the publication of the ASTM E3125-2017 standard on point-to-point distance performance evaluation of 3D imaging systems such as TLSs. To ensure that the data from different TLS systems are processed identically, the ASTM E3125- 2017 mandates the use of a common algorithm to determine the center of a sphere from point cloud data. This paper describes this algorithm and software code is provided as a download.

scholarly journals LiDAR Point Cloud Recognition and Visualization with Deep Learning for Overhead Contact Inspection

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (21) ◽  
pp. 6387 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaohan Tu ◽  
Cheng Xu ◽  
Siping Liu ◽  
Shuai Lin ◽  
Lipei Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Deep Learning ◽  
Computational Complexity ◽  
Point Cloud ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Point Cloud Data ◽  
Embedded Devices ◽  
Cloud Data ◽  
Manual Inspection ◽  
Order Of Magnitude ◽  
Supply Systems

As overhead contact (OC) is an essential part of power supply systems in high-speed railways, it is necessary to regularly inspect and repair abnormal OC components. Relative to manual inspection, applying LiDAR (light detection and ranging) to OC inspection can improve efficiency, accuracy, and safety, but it faces challenges to efficiently and effectively segment LiDAR point cloud data and identify catenary components. Recent deep learning-based recognition methods are rarely employed to recognize OC components, because they have high computational complexity, while their accuracy needs to be improved. To track these problems, we first propose a lightweight model, RobotNet, with depthwise and pointwise convolutions and an attention module to recognize the point cloud. Second, we optimize RobotNet to accelerate its recognition speed on embedded devices using an existing compilation tool. Third, we design software to facilitate the visualization of point cloud data. Our software can not only display a large amount of point cloud data, but also visualize the details of OC components. Extensive experiments demonstrate that RobotNet recognizes OC components more accurately and efficiently than others. The inference speed of the optimized RobotNet increases by an order of magnitude. RobotNet has lower computational complexity than other studies. The visualization results also show that our recognition method is effective.

scholarly journals The Segmentation Method of Target Point Cloud for Polarization-Modulated 3D Imaging

Sensors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shengjie Wang ◽  
Bo Liu ◽  
Zhen Chen ◽  
Heping Li ◽  
Shuo Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Time Resolution ◽  
Point Cloud ◽  
3D Imaging ◽  
Test Method ◽  
Target Point ◽  
Point Cloud Data ◽  
Segmentation Method ◽  
Electron Multiplier ◽  
Cloud Data ◽  
Gray Image

To implement target point cloud segmentation for a polarization-modulated 3D imaging system in practical projects, an efficient segmentation concept of multi-dimensional information fusion is designed. As the electron multiplier charge coupled device (EMCCD) camera can only acquire the gray image, but has no ability for time resolution owing to the time integration mechanism, large diameter electro-optic modulators (EOM) are used to provide time resolution for the EMCCD cameras to obtain the polarization-modulated images, from which a 3D image can also be simultaneously reconstructed. According to the characteristics of the EMCCD camera’s plane array imaging, the point-to-point mapping relationship between the gray image pixels and point cloud data coordinates is established. The target’s pixel coordinate position obtained by image segmentation is mapped to 3D point cloud data to get the segmented target point cloud data. On the basis of the specific environment characteristics of the experiment, the maximum entropy test method is applied to the target segmentation of the gray image, and the image morphological erosion algorithm is used to improve the segmentation accuracy. This method solves the problem that conventional point clouds’ segmentation methods cannot effectively segment irregular objects or closely bound objects. Meanwhile, it has strong robustness and stability in the presence of noise, and reduces the computational complexity and data volume. The experimental results show that this method is better for the segmentation of the target in the actual environment, and can avoid the over-segmentation and under-segmentation to some extent. This paper illustrates the potential and feasibility of the segmentation method based on this system in real-time data processing.

scholarly journals On-Site 4-in-1 Alignment: Visualization and Interactive CAD Model Retrofitting Using UAV, LiDAR’s Point Cloud Data, and Video

Sensors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (18) ◽  
pp. 3908 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pavan Kumar B. N. ◽  
Ashok Kumar Patil ◽  
Chethana B. ◽  
Young Ho Chai
Keyword(s):  
Computer Aided Design ◽  
Point Cloud ◽  
Laser Scanner ◽  
Video Frame ◽  
Cad Model ◽  
Point Cloud Data ◽  
Registration Method ◽  
Industrial Facilities ◽  
Cloud Data ◽  
Generic Framework

Acquisition of 3D point cloud data (PCD) using a laser scanner and aligning it with a video frame is a new approach that is efficient for retrofitting comprehensive objects in heavy pipeline industrial facilities. This work contributes a generic framework for interactive retrofitting in a virtual environment and an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-based sensory setup design to acquire PCD. The framework adopts a 4-in-1 alignment using a point cloud registration algorithm for a pre-processed PCD alignment with the partial PCD, and frame-by-frame registration method for video alignment. This work also proposes a virtual interactive retrofitting framework that uses pre-defined 3D computer-aided design models (CAD) with a customized graphical user interface (GUI) and visualization of a 4-in-1 aligned video scene from a UAV camera in a desktop environment. Trials were carried out using the proposed framework in a real environment at a water treatment facility. A qualitative and quantitative study was conducted to evaluate the performance of the proposed generic framework from participants by adopting the appropriate questionnaire and retrofitting task-oriented experiment. Overall, it was found that the proposed framework could be a solution for interactive 3D CAD model retrofitting on a combination of UAV sensory setup-acquired PCD and real-time video from the camera in heavy industrial facilities.

Research on Stereo Image Acquisition Technology of 3D Printing

2014 ◽  
Vol 644-650 ◽  
pp. 2656-2660
Author(s):  
Yao Cheng ◽  
Guang Xue Chen ◽  
Chen Chen ◽  
Jiang Ping Yuan
Keyword(s):  
3D Printing ◽  
Point Cloud ◽  
Image Acquisition ◽  
Laser Scanner ◽  
Stereo Image ◽  
Object Model ◽  
Point Cloud Data ◽  
Cloud Data ◽  
Engineering Software ◽  
Hand Model

In the process of 3D printing, stereo image acquisition is the basis and premise of 3D modeling so that it’s important to study the acquisition methods and techniques. This paper will study the process of point cloud data acquisition of a hand model by using handheld laser scanner REVscan, and processed by the reverse engineering software Geomagic Studio. Using the object model captured, we can greatly improve the efficiency and accuracy, as well as reduce the cycle of the 3D printing. This will help achieve the transmission of 3D printing data without geographical restrictions, in which truly realize the concept "What You See Is What You Get".

scholarly journals An Innovative Detection Method of High-Speed Railway Track Slab Supporting Block Plane Based on Point Cloud Data from 3D Scanning Technology

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (16) ◽  
pp. 3345 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chen ◽  
Qin ◽  
Xia ◽  
Bao ◽  
Huang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Point Cloud ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Detection Method ◽  
Railway Track ◽  
Point Cloud Data ◽  
3D Scanner ◽  
High Speed Railway ◽  
Cloud Data ◽  
Plane Point ◽  
Track Slab

The dimension detection of high-speed railway track slabs is one of the most important tasks before the track slabs delivery. Based on the characteristics of a 3D scanner which can acquire a large amount of measurement data continuously and rapidly in a short time, this paper uses the integration of 3D scanner and the intelligent robot to detect the CRTSIII (China Railway Track System) track slab supporting block plane, then the dense and accurate supporting block plane point cloud data is obtained, and the point cloud data is registered with the established model. An improved Random Sample Consensus (RANSAC) plane fitting algorithm is also proposed to extract the data of supporting block plane point cloud in this paper. The detection method is verified and the quality analysis of the detection results is assessed by a lot of real point cloud data obtained on site. The results show that the method can meet the quality control of CRTSIII finished track slab and the detection standard. Compared with the traditional detection methods, the detection method proposed in this paper can complete the detection of a track slab in 7 min, which greatly improves the detection efficiency, and has better reliability. The method has wide application prospects in the field of railway component detection.

Design of Light-Small Mobile 3D Laser Measurement System

2013 ◽  
Vol 405-408 ◽  
pp. 3032-3036
Author(s):  
Yi Bo Sun ◽  
Xin Qi Zheng ◽  
Zong Ren Jia ◽  
Gang Ai
Keyword(s):  
Point Cloud ◽  
Laser Scanning ◽  
Laser Scanner ◽  
Digital Camera ◽  
Scanning System ◽  
Point Cloud Data ◽  
3D Laser Scanning ◽  
Large Area ◽  
Cloud Data ◽  
Laser Scanning System

At present, most of the commercial 3D laser scanning measurement systems do work for a large area and a big scene, but few shows their advantage in the small area or small scene. In order to solve this shortage, we design a light-small mobile 3D laser scanning system, which integrates GPS, INS, laser scanner and digital camera and other sensors, to generate the Point Cloud data of the target through data filtering and fusion. This system can be mounted on airborne or terrestrial small mobile platform and enables to achieve the goal of getting Point Cloud data rapidly and reconstructing the real 3D model. Compared to the existing mobile 3D laser scanning system, the system we designed has high precision but lower cost, smaller hardware and more flexible.

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