Title :
Optical sensor system using computer vision for the level measurement in oil tankers
Author :
Gaber, C. ; Chetehouna, K. ; Laurent, H. ; Rosenberger, C. ; Baron, S.
Author_Institution :
Inst. PRISME, Univ. d´´Orleans, Bourges
fDate :
June 30 2008-July 2 2008
Abstract :
This paper presents the proposal of an optical sensor for the measurements of level and volume in oil tankers tanks. It is based on computer vision and uses the coordinates of three points located at the top of the liquid to measure its height. If the final sensor will be composed of only one camera, a calibration step, involving two cameras, is necessary in order to determine the coordinates of each point by triangulation. In this paper, we illustrate the principle of the proposed sensor and give some experimental results of measurements.
Keywords :
computer vision; level measurement; oil technology; optical sensors; tanks (containers); volume measurement; computer vision; level measurement; oil tankers; optical sensor system; volume measurements; Acoustic sensors; Boats; Cameras; Computer vision; Level measurement; Optical sensors; Petroleum; Pulse measurements; Ultrasonic imaging; Ultrasonic variables measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Electronics, 2008. ISIE 2008. IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Cambridge
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1665-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1666-0
DOI :
10.1109/ISIE.2008.4677246
