THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR

• US 20110164114A1
• Filed: 12/22/2010
• Published: 07/07/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Kobayashi, Kazuhiko, Uchiyama, Shinji
• Granted Patent: US 8,687,057 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/46
• CPC Class Codes: G01B 11/25 by projecting a pattern, e.g. one or more lines, moiré fringes on the object G01B11/255 takes precedence ; image analysis for depth or shape recovery G06T7/50
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/254 in combination with electromagnetic radiation sources for illuminating objects

Abstract

A three-dimensional measurement apparatus generates patterns to be projected onto the measurement object, images the measurement object using an imaging unit after projecting a plurality of types of generated patterns onto the measurement object using a projection unit, and computes the coordinate values of patterns on a captured image acquired by the imaging unit, based on the projected patterns, a geometric model of the measurement object, and information indicating the coarse position and orientation of the measurement object. Captured patterns on the captured image are corresponded with the patterns projected by the projection unit using the computed coordinate values, and the distances between the imaging unit and the patterns projected onto the measurement object are derived. The position and orientation of the measurement object are estimated using the derived distances and the geometric model of the measurement object, and the information on the coarse position and orientation is updated.

Claims

1. A three-dimensional measurement apparatus comprising:

a geometric model holding unit configured to hold a geometric model of a measurement object;

a coarse position/orientation holding unit configured to hold information indicating a coarse position and orientation of the measurement object;

a projection unit configured to project a plurality of types of patterns constituted by bright/dark contrast onto the measurement object;

an imaging unit configured to image the measurement object onto which a pattern has been projected by the projection unit;

a projection position calculation unit configured to compute coordinate values of the pattern on a captured image acquired by the imaging unit, based on the geometric model and the information indicating the coarse position and orientation;

a distance calculation unit configured to search for a captured pattern on the captured image based on the coordinate values computed by the projection position calculation unit, and derive a distance between the imaging unit and a surface of the measurement object by corresponding the captured pattern with the projected pattern; and

a position/orientation calculation unit configured to estimate the position and orientation of the measurement object using the distance derived by the distance calculation unit and the geometric model held in the geometric model holding unit, and update the information on the coarse position and orientation held in the coarse position/orientation holding unit.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the position/orientation calculation unit further generates an estimation state indicating a state of the position and orientation estimation performed on the measurement object, and

the projection unit controls the patterns that are projected, based on the estimation state.

3. The apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the projection unit increases or decreases the types of patterns that are projected, based on the estimation state.

4. The apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the projection unit controls number of times for projecting a pattern, based on the estimation state.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the patterns have a stripe pattern, and

the projection unit changes a spacing between stripes of a pattern to be projected, based on a size of a change in the position and orientation of the measurement object computed by the position/orientation calculation unit.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a measurement model generation unit configured to generate a geometric model of the measurement object using a plurality of captured images obtained by causing the imaging unit to function while changing a positional relationship of the measurement object with the imaging unit and the projection unit,

wherein the geometric model holding unit holds the geometric model generated by the measurement model generation unit.

7. A control method for a three-dimensional measurement apparatus comprising:

a geometric model holding step of holding a geometric model of a measurement object in a geometric model holding unit;

a coarse position/orientation holding step of holding information indicating a coarse position and orientation of the measurement object in a coarse position/orientation holding unit;

a projection step of using a projection unit to project a plurality of types of patterns constituted by bright/dark contrast onto the measurement object;

an imaging step of using an imaging unit to image the measurement object onto which a pattern has been projected in the projection step;

a projection position calculation step of computing coordinate values of the pattern on a captured image acquired in the imaging step, based on the geometric model and the information indicating the coarse position and orientation;

a distance calculation step of searching for a captured pattern on the captured image based on the coordinate values computed in the projection position calculation step, and deriving a distance between the imaging unit and a surface of the measurement object by corresponding the captured pattern with the projected pattern; and

a position/orientation calculation step of estimating the position and orientation of the measurement object using the distance derived in the distance calculation step and the geometric model held in the geometric model holding unit, and updating the information on the coarse position and orientation held in the coarse position/orientation holding unit.

8. A computer-readable medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute the control method for a three-dimensional measurement apparatus according to claim 7.