基于断面水边线定向的视频测流摄像机标定

Camera Calibration Using Cross-Section Waterline Orientation for Video-based Flow Measurement

针对现有基于直接线性变化法(DLT)的图像法测流技术依赖于地面控制点,存在效率低、风险高、宽断面天然河流操作难度大等问题,该文提出一种基于断面水边线定向的摄像机姿态角标定方法(CSWO)。该方法将标定过程分解为实验室内参标定和现场外参标定两步,其中后者又被划分为摄像机定位和定向两个环节。定向环节中首先在摄像机安装时将光轴与断面方向对齐,使方位角置零。然后利用无畸变图像中人工标注的平直断面水边线的斜率计算出横滚角。接下来通过计算水边线与图像纵轴交点作为其亚像素像方坐标。最后依据透视投影成像模型,联合水位与插值断面高程求得的物方坐标解算出俯仰角。该方法应用于时空图像测速法(STIV),实现了200 m宽河流的免像控表面流速测量。结果表明:起点距的最大绝对误差为0.59 m,最大相对误差为0.45%,表面流速的最大相对误差小于6.3%。

The image-based water flow measurement technology based on the Direct Linear Transformation(DLT)method relies on ground control points,and has problems such as low efficiency,high risk,and difficult operation in natural rivers with wide sections.A camera attitude angle calibration method based on Cross-Section Waterline Orientation(CSWO)is proposed.In this method,the calibration process is divided into two steps:laboratory calibration and field calibration,and the latter is divided into camera positioning and orientation.In the orientation step,the optical axis is required to be aligned with the cross-section when the camera is installed,so that the azimuth angle is set to zero.The roll angle is calculated by the slope of the straight waterline marked manually in the undistorted image.Then the sub-pixel image coordinate of the intersection point between the waterline and the vertical axis of the image is calculated.Finally,the pitch angle is calculated according to the perspective projection imaging model combined with the object coordinates obtained by the water level and the interpolated elevation of cross-section.This method has been applied to Space-Time Image Velocimetry(STIV)to measure the image-free surface velocity of a river with a width of 200 m.The results show that the maximum absolute error of starting distance is 0.59 m,the maximum relative error is 0.45%,and the maximum relative error of surface velocity is less than 6.3%.