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3D POINT CLOUDS

  • US 20170046845A1
  • Filed: 04/24/2015
  • Published: 02/16/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for generating a 3D point cloud and colour visualisation of an underwater scene, the point cloud comprising a set of (x, y, z) coordinates relating to points in the scene, the method operating in a system comprising at least one camera module, at least one structured light source, and a processing module, each of the at least one camera module being directed at the scene and having substantially the same overlapped field of view;

  • the method comprising;

    (a) the at least one structured light source projecting a two-dimensional array of points onto the scene;

    (b) each of the at least one camera module capturing an image of the projected array in the scene from first and second positions, such that there is a first point image and second point image;

    (c) analysing the images to identify the location of each projected point within each point image;

    (d) for each projected point in the captured point images, correlating the location of the point between the first and second point images to calculate the distance to the point from the at least one camera module;

    (e) storing the distance and location of the point;

    (f) adjusting the position of the two-dimensional array of points in the scene; and

    repeating (a) to (e), thereby forming a 3D point cloud;

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