Range imaging sensors development at NRC Laboratories

Author

Rioux, M. ; Blais, F. ; Beraldin, J.A. ; Boulanger, P.

Author_Institution

Nat. Res. Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ont., Canada

fYear

1989

fDate

27-29 Nov 1989

Firstpage

154

Lastpage

160

Abstract

Laser range finders can be used in a variety of geometries to match requirements of applications such as robot vision, inspection, prosthesis fabrication, CAD/CAM, computer graphics, and automatic assembly. A review is presented of the development of five prototypes which have specified advantages for a class of applications. One of these is based on the use of a mask with a conventional TV camera lens, and the others are variations of synchronized laser scanners. Also described is a segmentation technique based on Fourier transformations and a database of 3D images that are made available for computer vision researchers

Keywords

CCD image sensors; Fourier transforms; computer vision; computerised picture processing; image scanners; television cameras; 3D images database; CAD/CAM; Fourier transformations; NRC Laboratories; automatic assembly; computer graphics; conventional TV camera lens; industrial inspection; prosthesis fabrication; range images segmentation; range imaging sensors; robot vision; synchronized laser scanners; Application software; Computational geometry; Geometrical optics; Image sensors; Inspection; Laboratories; Robot sensing systems; Robot vision systems; Robotic assembly; Robotics and automation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Interpretation of 3D Scenes, 1989. Proceedings., Workshop on

Conference_Location

Austin, TX

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2007-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TDSCEN.1989.68114

Filename

68114