Three-dimensional measurement system and method of the same, and color-coded mark

• US 20070065004A1
• Filed: 07/31/2006
• Published: 03/22/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Topcon Corporation
• Original Assignee: Topcon Corporation
• Inventors: Kochi, Nobuo, Yamada, Mitsuharu, Moriyama, Takuya, Hideshima, Masayuki
• Application Number:
  US11/495,884
• Publication Number:
  US 20070065004A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/162
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 11/06 by comparison of two or more pictures of the same area
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 15/02 Means for marking measuring points
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/245 by locating a pattern; Special marks for positioning

Abstract

This invention provides a three-dimensional measurement system that improves the efficiency of and enables the automation of non-contact three-dimensional measurement over a wide range using a coded target. A measuring object 1 is photographed in stereo such that the resulting images include four coded marks CT each having a position detection pattern P1 and a code pattern P3. A series of images are photographed in stereo such that adjacent images share two coded marks CT. The position detection pattern P1 and the code pattern P3 are extracted from a pair of photographed images. A point corresponding to a reference point is searched for using the identification codes of the coded marks CT. A stereo matching area is determined. All the processes including photographing, extraction, orientation and three-dimensional measurement can be fully automated.

Claims

1. A three-dimensional measurement system comprising:

an image data storage section for storing a pair of photographed images of a measuring object photographed from two directions such that the resulting images include a coded mark having in a surface thereof a position detection pattern for indicating a measurement position and a code pattern for allowing identification of the mark;

an extraction section for extracting the position detection pattern and the code pattern of the coded mark from the pair of photographed images;

an identification code discrimination section for discriminating an identification code of the coded mark based on the code pattern of the coded mark extracted by the extraction section;

a reference point setting section for setting a reference point of the coded mark based on the position detection pattern of the coded mark extracted by the extraction section on one of the pair of photographed images;

a corresponding point search section for searching the other of the pair of photographed images for a point corresponding to the reference point using the identification code discriminated by the identification code discrimination section based on the position detection pattern of the coded mark extracted by the extraction section; and

an orientation section for performing an orientation process on the pair of photographed images based on the reference point and the corresponding point.

2. The three-dimensional measurement system according to claim 1,

wherein the code pattern is a color code pattern having plural colors, and the coded mark is a color-coded mark.

3. The three-dimensional measurement system according to claim 1, further comprising:

an arrangement section for determining, on a series of photographed images photographed by an image photographing device such that each photographed image includes at least three coded marks and adjacent photographed images share at least two coded marks, an arrangement of the series of photographed images such that the identification codes of the coded marks shared by the adjacent photographed images coincide with each other.

4. The three-dimensional measurement system according to claim 2, further comprising:

an arrangement section for determining, on a series of photographed images photographed by an image photographing device such that each photographed image includes at least three coded marks and adjacent photographed images share at least two coded marks, an arrangement of the series of photographed images such that the identification codes of the coded marks shared by the adjacent photographed images coincide with each other.

5. The three-dimensional measurement system according to claim 3,

wherein the orientation section performs sequential orientations on the series of photographed images of the measuring object such that coordinates of the reference points or the corresponding points of the coded marks shared by the adjacent photographed images coincide with each other.

6. The three-dimensional measurement system according to claim 4,

wherein the orientation section performs sequential orientations on the series of photographed images of the measuring object such that coordinates of the reference points or the corresponding points of the coded marks shared by the adjacent photographed images coincide with each other.

7. The three-dimensional measurement system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a mark information storage section for storing a position coordinate of the extracted position detection pattern of the coded mark and the identification code discriminated by the identification code discrimination section in association with each other.

8. The three-dimensional measurement system according to claim 2, further comprising:

a mark information storage section for storing a position coordinate of the extracted position detection pattern of the coded mark and the identification code discriminated by the identification code discrimination section in association with each other.

9. The three-dimensional measurement system according to claim 3, further comprising:

a mark information storage section for storing a position coordinate of the extracted position detection pattern of the coded mark and the identification code discriminated by the identification code discrimination section in association with each other.

10. The three-dimensional measurement system according to claim 4, further comprising:

a mark information storage section for storing a position coordinate of the extracted position detection pattern of the coded mark and the identification code discriminated by the identification code discrimination section in association with each other.

11. The three-dimensional measurement system according to claim 5, further comprising:

a mark information storage section for storing a position coordinate of the extracted position detection pattern of the coded mark and the identification code discriminated by the identification code discrimination section in association with each other.

12. The three-dimensional measurement system according to claim 6, further comprising:

a mark information storage section for storing a position coordinate of the extracted position detection pattern of the coded mark and the identification code discriminated by the identification code discrimination section in association with each other.

13. A three-dimensional measurement method comprising the steps of:

photographing a measuring object from two directions such that resulting images include a coded mark having in a surface thereof a position detection pattern for indicating a measurement position and a code pattern for allowing identification of the mark;

storing a pair of images of the measuring object photographed in the photographing step;

extracting the position detection pattern and the code pattern of the coded mark from the pair of photographed images;

discriminating an identification code of the coded mark based on the code pattern of the coded mark extracted in the extracting step;

setting a reference point of the coded mark based on the position detection pattern of the coded mark extracted in the extracting step on one of the pair of photographed images;

searching the other of the pair of photographed images for a point corresponding to the reference point using the identification code discriminated in the discriminating step based on the position detection pattern of the coded mark extracted in the extracting step; and

performing an orientation process on the pair of photographed images based on the reference point and the corresponding point.

14. The three-dimensional measurement method according to claim 13,

wherein the coded mark is a color-coded mark, and the code pattern is a color code pattern having plural colors.

15. A color-coded mark comprising in a surface thereof:

a position detection pattern for indicating a measurement position, and a color code pattern having plural colors for allowing identification of the mark and located in a predetermined position relative to the position detection pattern.

16. The color-coded mark according to claim 15, further comprising in a surface thereof:

a reference color pattern having plural colors to be used as color references.

17. The color-coded mark according to claim 15,

wherein the position detection pattern is located at three corners of a quadrangle.

18. The color-coded mark according to claim 16,

wherein the position detection pattern is located at three corners of a quadrangle.