36 results about "Active stereo" patented technology

A system and method for acquiring three-dimensional (3-D) images of a scene. The system includes a projection device for projecting a locally unique pattern (LUP) onto a scene, and sensors for imaging the scene containing the LUP at two or more viewpoints. A computing device matches corresponding pixels in the images by using the local uniqueness of the pattern to produce a disparity map. A range map can then be generated by triangulating points in the imaged scene.

Described herein is a novel 3-D optical imaging system based on active stereo vision and motion tracking for to tracking the motion of patient and for registering the time-sequenced images of suspicious lesions recorded during endoscopic or colposcopic examinations. The system quantifies the acetic acid induced optical signals associated with early cancer development. The system includes at least one illuminating light source for generating light illuminating a portion of an object, at least one structured light source for projecting a structured light pattern on the portion of the object, at least one camera for imaging the portion of the object and the structured light pattern, and means for generating a quantitative measurement of an acetic acid-induced change of the portion of the object.

A three-dimensional stereo display, and a system and method are provided for controlling the three-dimensional stereo display. The three-dimensional stereo display includes backlight, a first polarizer, a first liquid crystal panel, a second polarizer and a second liquid crystal panel which are sequentially arranged on the backlight source. The second liquid crystal panel switches the polarizing angle of the light travelling through and exiting from said second liquid crystal panel between a horizontal and vertical polarization. Due to the polarization direction of light could be changed by the liquid crystal panel, and makes the light for the left-eye image and the right-eye image are mutual perpendicular. The polarization direction of the light for the left-eye image is the same as that of the left lens, and the polarization direction of the light for the right-eye image is the same as that of the right lens. So the light belongs to the left-eye image or the right-eye image can pass through the left lens or the right lens respectively, then a stereo image will emerge in people's brain due to the effect of “fusion activity”. Further, there is no need to close the polarized spectacles, the displaying efficiency is improved compared with the “Active Stereo”.

The invention discloses a method for measuring simulated seabed terrain based on an active stereo vision technology and measuring equipment. By the stereo vision technology, a binocular camera is arranged on the outside of an experimental trough, and seabed terrain changes are measured contactlessly through glass sidewalls of the experimental trough. Partial flow field will not be disturbed, and synchronous acquisition of the whole simulated seabed terrain can be realized. According to the invention, the active vision technology is used in underwater measurement. That is to say, by the utilization of auxiliary structured light irradiating underwater terrain through the glass sidewalls of the experimental trough, dense structured textures or dot arrays are formed on the terrain such that the camera can distinguish more easily. Meanwhile, quantity of terrain characteristic points is also increased. With the combination of the high-resolution camera, high-precision terrain data can be obtained. By the adoption of the method provided by the invention, noncontact, synchronous and high-precision measurement of the simulated seabed terrain can be realized, and corresponding problems existing in the prior art are solved.

A preferred method includes the steps of receiving the active stereo video data containing the right channel pixel data and the left channel pixel data corresponding to the image to be rendered, re-sequencing the right channel pixel data and the left channel pixel data, and simultaneously outputting corresponding frames of the right channel pixel data and the left channel pixel data for displaying the image to be rendered in passive stereo. Devices also are provided.

Systems and methods are described for capturing, using a forward-facing camera associated with a head-mounted augmented reality (AR) head-mounted display (HMD), images of portions of first and seconddisplay devices in an environment, the first and second display devices displaying first and second portions of content related to an AR presentation, and displaying a third portion of content relatedto the AR presentation on the AR HMD, the third portion determined based upon the images of portions of the first and second display devices captured using the forward-facing camera. Moreover, the first and second display devices may be active stereo display, and the AR HMD may simultaneously function as shutter glasses.

A stereoscopic 3D imaging system includes multiple imaging sensors with adjustable optics. The adjustable optics are variable to alter the FOV of each of the multiple imaging sensors to improve angular resolution of the imaging system.

A head-mounted device (HMD) is configured to perform depth detection with a stereo camera pair comprising a first camera and a second camera, both of which are configured to detect / capture visible light and IR light. The fields of view for both of the cameras overlap to form an overlapping field of view. The HMD also includes an IR dot-pattern illuminator that is mounted on the HMD with the cameras and that is configured to emit an IR dot-pattern illumination. The IR dot-pattern illuminator emits a dot-pattern illumination that spans at least a part of the overlapping field of view. The IR dot-pattern illumination adds texture to objects in the environment and enables the HMD to determine depth for those objects, even if they have textureless / smooth surfaces.

A three-dimensional stereo display, and a system and method are provided for controlling the three-dimensional stereo display. The three-dimensional stereo display includes backlight, a first polarizer, a first liquid crystal panel, a second polarizer and a second liquid crystal panel which are sequentially arranged on the backlight source. The second liquid crystal panel switches the polarizing angle of the light travelling through and exiting from said second liquid crystal panel between a horizontal and vertical polarization. Due to the polarization direction of light could be changed by the liquid crystal panel, and makes the light for the left-eye image and the right-eye image are mutual perpendicular. The polarization direction of the light for the left-eye image is the same as that of the left lens, and the polarization direction of the light for the right-eye image is the same as that of the right lens. So the light belongs to the left-eye image or the right-eye image can pass through the left lens or the right lens respectively, then a stereo image will emerge in people's brain due to the effect of “fusion activity”. Further, there is no need to close the polarized spectacles, the displaying efficiency is improved compared with the “Active Stereo”.

A hybrid 3D optical scanning system combining methodologies of active stereo 3D reconstruction and deflectometry to provide accurate 3D surface measurements of an object under inspection. In a preferred embodiment, the present system comprises a calibrated digital camera stereo pair and first digital projector for active stereo 3D reconstruction metrology positioned at selected distance apart on the same horizontal plane facing the inspection object at an optimal incidence angle relative to the object surface. A secondary digital projector for deflectometry is directed to project a pattern sequence across the optical projection path of the first digital projector and onto a nonplanar deflection screen extended between the digital camera and the inspection object at a selected angle relative thereto, the selected angle being chosen so that that the pattern projected onto the deflection screen by the secondary digital projector reflects from the surface of the inspection object towards the digital camera. Calibrated active stereo 3D reconstruction is used to derive global shape and the uncalibrated nonplanar deflected light acquires curvature of local fine deformations and surface imperfections along the object surface. The calibrated camera allows per pixel correlations to be defined between the separate acquisition methods and produces accurate absolute measurements of both shape and local features of specular, glossy, metallic curved surfaces.

An improved vehicle surface scanning system for assessing the damaged surfaces of a vehicle with resulting estimates of repair costs. A mobile scanning booth is assembled in an open-ended tunnel-like rig having a plurality of reflective panels positioned along opposite sides and across the roof of the booth to serve as deflection screens. A plurality of scanner modules are mounted in fixed positions about opposite ends of the booth and positioned to face the interior of the booth. Wheels provide controlled locomotion / movement of the scanning booth over the vehicle. The scanner modules use a combined hybrid methodology of active stereo 3D reconstruction and deflectometry to acquire data measurements along the surfaces of the vehicle incrementally as the booth is moved. The incremental measurement data acquired during the mobile scanning is processed and furthermore combined to produce accurate reports of the damage surfaces and estimates of associated repair costs.

A hybrid 3D optical scanning system combining methodologies of active stereo 3D reconstruction and deflectometry to provide accurate 3D surface measurements of an object under inspection. In a preferred embodiment, the present system comprises a calibrated digital camera stereo pair and first digital projector for active stereo 3D reconstruction metrology positioned at selected distance apart on the same horizontal plane facing the inspection object at an optimal incidence angle relative to the object surface. A secondary digital projector for deflectometry is directed to project a pattern sequence across the optical projection path of the first digital projector and onto a nonplanar deflection screen extended between the digital camera and the inspection object at a selected angle relative thereto, the selected angle being chosen so that that the pattern projected onto the deflection screen by the secondary digital projector reflects from the surface of the inspection object towards the digital camera. Calibrated active stereo 3D reconstruction is used to derive global shape and the uncalibrated nonplanar deflected light acquires curvature of local fine deformations and surface imperfections along the object surface. The calibrated camera allows per pixel correlations to be defined between the separate acquisition methods and produces accurate absolute measurements of both shape and local features of specular, glossy, metallic curved surfaces.

The portable sound boxes include a pair of active stereo sound box with power source built in. Side faces of two pieces of sound box are in crescent shape. There is a radian shape in front face and back face. Belled mouth for speaker is setup at upward inclined plane. Being connected through a jointing strip, two sound boxes can be fixed at upper of left and right chest. Thus, shoulders can hang two sound boxes without need of hands to carry it. The portable sound boxes are convenient to use, providing perfect stereo speacker sound field.

An ophthalmological analysis system, comprising: an air-puff generating device configured to apply an air-puff to a user's at least one eye; and at least one sensors board configured to detect and record deformation of a cornea of the user during the air-puff; wherein the detection is a three dimensional (3D) active stereo detection; the sensors board further configured to find two applanation points and hysteresis of the cornea and to calculate intraocular pressure in the user's at least one eye accordingly.

The invention discloses a method for constructing a visual system for aerial refueling simulation training based on virtual image display and active stereo technology, and belongs to the field of visual simulation of flight simulators. The method comprises a multi-channel visual synchronous stereoscopic rendering module, an active stereoscopic projection display module and a binocular head position motion capture module. The multi-channel visual synchronous stereo rendering module includes multi-channel visual rendering equipment and synchronization equipment; the active stereo projection display module includes active stereo projectors, synchronization signal transmitters and virtual image display equipment; the binocular head position motion capture module includes optical marker stereo Glasses helmet and binocular motion capture camera. The method enhances the synchronization performance of the device and the tracking performance of the pilot's head movement and attitude, meets the requirements of simultaneously presenting the depth sense of the visual environment of refueling in the air and the sense of out-of-screen, and has a virtual image display device for simulation training of refueling in the air It has the advantages of low cost, high synchronization accuracy of visual images, and high accuracy of pilot head posture tracking.

A method and apparatus for generating a three-dimensional depth map, are provided. The method comprising the steps of: (i) illuminating a target by a pattern projector having background intensity or by a combination of a pattern projector which does not have a background intensity operative together with a flood projector; (ii) capturing at least one image that comprises one or more objects present at the illuminated target; (iii) converting the at least one captured image into data; (iv) processing the data received from the conversion of the at least one captured image while filtering out the projected pattern from the processed data; (v) detecting edges of at least one of the one or more objects present at the illuminated target; and (vi) generating a three-dimensional depth map that comprises the at least one of the one or more objects whose edges have been determined.

Provided are all compatible active stereo glasses. The wireless coding of the stereo films and videos and image equipment at different standards in the present society is stored in a comparison unit according to certain regulations. Meanwhile, the corresponding correction parameter is stored in a correction parameter unit and the corresponding coordinate time point parameter is stored in a coordinate time point parameter unit. The output driving signal after a preset correction operation is a driving signal after a comprehensive correction. The signal not only has good compatibility, but also can achieve a best image effect due to almost non-existent time errors, thereby achieving the goal of watching various kinds of stereo films and videos and images in the present society at high quality.

The invention relates to a digital city three dimensional (3D) active stereo display system and a manufacture method thereof. The digital city 3D active stereo display system comprises a computer host, a projector, a pair of stereo glasses and an infrared data emitter. The computer host is used for converting three-dimensional coordinates of three-dimensional data to stereo parameters of an eye range and a visual range, and the stereo parameters are used for recording of a 3d video. The projector supports a 3D function. The pair of the stereo glasses can receive an infrared signal. The computer host is connected with the projector and the infrared data emitter. The infrared data emitter is connected with the pair of the stereo glasses. According to the digital city 3D active stereo display system and the manufacture method thereof, real-time stereo displaying on three dimensional data of a main stream three dimensional platform can be achieved, the three dimensional data in the three dimensional platform can be recorded to a stereo video, a stereo vide image can be watched, a visual and lifelike experience is achieved, and optimized decisions can be made through utilization of geographic information in an urban plan.

A head-mounted device (HMD) is configured to perform depth detection with a stereo camera pair comprising a first camera and a second camera, both of which are configured to detect / capture visible light and IR light. The fields of view for both of the cameras overlap to form an overlapping field of view. The HMD also includes an IR dot-pattern illuminator that is mounted on the HMD with the cameras and that is configured to emit an IR dot-pattern illumination. The IR dot-pattern illuminator emits a dot-pattern illumination that spans at least a part of the overlapping field of view. The IR dot-pattern illumination adds texture to objects in the environment and enables the HMD to determine depth for those objects, even if they have textureless / smooth surfaces.

An improved vehicle surface scanning system for assessing the damaged surfaces of a vehicle with resulting estimates of repair costs. A mobile scanning booth is assembled in an open-ended tunnel-like rig having a plurality of reflective panels positioned along opposite sides and across the roof of the booth to serve as deflection screens. A plurality of scanner modules are mounted in fixed positions about opposite ends of the booth and positioned to face the interior of the booth. Wheels provide controlled locomotion / movement of the scanning booth over the vehicle. The scanner modules use a combined hybrid methodology of active stereo 3D reconstruction and deflectometry to acquire data measurements along the surfaces of the vehicle incrementally as the booth is moved. The incremental measurement data acquired during the mobile scanning is processed and furthermore combined to produce accurate reports of the damage surfaces and estimates of associated repair costs.

The invention discloses a configuration method for split application and integrated application of an electronic control module and an electro-optical control module of active stereo glasses. The active stereo glasses are composed of a control module, an LCD (liquid crystal display) driving module, an LCD module, a power supply management module and a wireless receiving module, and the control module, the LCD driving module and the power supply management module are in split configuration with the glasses; the wireless receiving module and the LCD module are in integrated configuration with the glasses; the modules are connected according to the following manner that: the power supply management module is in forward connection with the control module, the LCD driving module and the wireless receiving module respectively, the wireless receiving module is in forward connection with the control module, the control module is in forward connection with the LCD driving module, and the LCD driving module is in forward connection with the LCD module; and the control module, the LCD driving module and the power supply management module, which are in split configuration, are in wired plug-in connections with the glasses. The active stereo glasses produced through the method provided by the invention are configured in a split manner, so that the active stereo glasses can meet the requirements on convenience in use and storage, flexibility in configuration and convenience in function expansion, and has wide developmental prospect and market demand.

The invention belongs to the technical field of service robots, and specifically relates to a calibration method for an active stereo vision system, aiming to solve the problem that it is difficult to achieve high-quality calibration when the optical centers of each camera in the active stereo vision system deviate from the corresponding rotation axis. The method includes obtaining the first image, the second image, the third image, the fourth image, the fifth image, and the sixth image; obtaining the relative poses before and after rotation of each camera of the active stereo vision system; obtaining the corresponding rotation axis of each camera The rotation vector; combined with the rotation vector and rotation angle corresponding to the rotation axis of each camera, obtain the pose of the rotation axis of each camera in the corresponding predefined initial position coordinate system; obtain the initial position of the first camera and the second camera Then the relative pose between the rotation axis of the first camera and the rotation axis of the second camera is obtained; the external parameters of the active stereo vision system are updated online. The invention improves the calibration quality of the active stereo vision system.

The invention provides a lunar surface extravehicular auxiliary operation robot and its control method. The lunar surface extravehicular auxiliary operation robot has a left-right symmetrical structure, including: a force-bearing fuselage, a motion system, a visual perception system, an operation system, a power supply system and a control system. system; motion system includes asynchronous self-stable suspension system and lunar wheel system; visual perception system includes binocular stereo vision camera, camera hood, two-degree-of-freedom active servo pan-tilt, pan-tilt dust cover and hollow camera mast; operation The system is a lightweight three-degree-of-freedom robotic arm based on joint modules. The extravehicular auxiliary robot for lunar astronauts provided by the invention has the characteristics of compact volume and structure, light weight, rich single-machine task capability, and strong multi-machine system expandability. It has the ability to walk smoothly and efficiently under the natural terrain of the lunar surface, the ability of active stereoscopic vision perception and multi-degree-of-freedom operation, and can carry out auxiliary operations on the lunar surface in the mode of remote operation or on-site human-computer interaction.

The invention discloses a method for measuring simulated seabed terrain based on an active stereo vision technology and measuring equipment. By the stereo vision technology, a binocular camera is arranged on the outside of an experimental trough, and seabed terrain changes are measured contactlessly through glass sidewalls of the experimental trough. Partial flow field will not be disturbed, and synchronous acquisition of the whole simulated seabed terrain can be realized. According to the invention, the active vision technology is used in underwater measurement. That is to say, by the utilization of auxiliary structured light irradiating underwater terrain through the glass sidewalls of the experimental trough, dense structured textures or dot arrays are formed on the terrain such that the camera can distinguish more easily. Meanwhile, quantity of terrain characteristic points is also increased. With the combination of the high-resolution camera, high-precision terrain data can be obtained. By the adoption of the method provided by the invention, noncontact, synchronous and high-precision measurement of the simulated seabed terrain can be realized, and corresponding problems existing in the prior art are solved.

The invention discloses a construction method of an air refueling and refueling simulation training visual system based on the virtual image display and an active stereo technology, and belongs to the field of flight simulator visual simulation. The method comprises a multi-channel visual synchronous three-dimensional rendering module, an active three-dimensional projection display module and a binocular head position motion capturing module. The multi-channel visual synchronous three-dimensional rendering module comprises a multi-channel visual rendering device and a synchronization device; the active stereoscopic projection display module comprises an active stereoscopic projector, a synchronous signal transmitter and virtual image display equipment; the binocular head position motion capturing module comprises an optical marking stereo glasses helmet and a binocular motion capturing camera. According to the method, the synchronization performance of the equipment and the tracking performance of the head movement and posture of the pilot are enhanced, and the requirement of simultaneously presenting the depth feeling and the out-of-screen feeling of an air refueling visual environment is met; moreover, the system has the advantages of low cost, high visual image synchronization precision, high pilot head posture tracking precision and the like of air refueling and refueling simulation training virtual image display equipment.

The present invention relates to the stereo-isomers of gamma-lactam (clausenamide) substituted by hydroxyl benzyl group, hydroxyl group and phenyl group, light active stereo-isomers thereof, process for producing same, pharmaceutical composition adopting same as active substances, and therein applications for preparing intelligence promoting and anti-aging pharmaceutical agents.