Improved method for the feature extraction of laser scanner using genetic clustering

Feature extraction of range images provided by ranging sensor is a key issue of pattern recognition. To automatically extract the environmental feature sensed by a 2D ranging sensor laser scanner, an improved method based on genetic clustering VGA-clustering is presented. By integrating the spatial neighbouring information of range data into fuzzy clustering algorithm, a weighted fuzzy clustering algorithm （WFCA） instead of standard clustering algorithm is introduced to realize feature extraction of laser scanner. Aimed at the unknown clustering number in advance, several validation index functions are used to estimate the validity of different clustering algorithms and one validation index is selected as the fitness function of genetic algorithm so as to determine the accurate clustering number automatically. At the same time, an improved genetic algorithm IVGA on the basis of VGA is proposed to solve the local optimum of clustering algorithm, which is implemented by increasing the population diversity and improving the genetic operators of elitist rule to enhance the local search capacity and to quicken the convergence speed. By the comparison with other algorithms, the effectiveness of the algorithm introduced is demonstrated.

Flexible Calibration Method for 3D Laser Scanner System

In this paper, a flexible high-precision calibration method suitable for industrial field was proposed. The complexity of the coordinate transformation was simplified by choosing the camera coordinate system as the unified reference coordinate system. A flexible planar calibration pattern was introduced to the calibration process, which can be arbitrarily placed and from which the known feature points can be extracted to construct other unknown feature points. With the known intrinsic parameters, the laser projector plane equation was fitted by the multi-noncollinear points, which were acquired through the principle of triangulation and the projective invariance of cross ratio. With this method, the strict alignment and multiple times of coordinate transformation can be avoided. Experimental results showed that the arithmetic mean of the root mean square(RMS) error of distance was 0.000 7 mm.

A new approach to retrieve leaf normal distribution using terrestrial laser scanners

Leaf normal distribution is an important structural characteristic of the forest canopy. Although terrestrial laser scanners（TLS） have potential for estimating canopy structural parameters, distinguishing between leaves and nonphotosynthetic structures to retrieve the leaf normal has been challenging. We used here an approach to accurately retrieve the leaf normals of camphorwood（Cinnamomum camphora） using TLS point cloud data.First, nonphotosynthetic structures were filtered by using the curvature threshold of each point. Then, the point cloud data were segmented by a voxel method and clustered by a Gaussian mixture model in each voxel. Finally, the normal vector of each cluster was computed by principal component analysis to obtain the leaf normal distribution. We collected leaf inclination angles and estimated the distribution, which we compared with the retrieved leaf normal distribution. The correlation coefficient between measurements and obtained results was 0.96, indicating a good coincidence.

Usingvery long-range terrestriallaser scanner to analyze the temporal consistency of the snowpack distribution in a high mountain environment

This study demonstrated the usefulness of very long-range terrestrial laser scanning(TLS) for analysis of the spatial distribution of a snowpack, to distances up to 3000 m, one of the longest measurement range reported to date. Snow depth data were collected using a terrestrial laser scanner during 11 periods of snow accumulation and melting,over three snow seasons on a Pyrenean hillslopecharacterized by a large elevational gradient, steep slopes, and avalanche occurrence. The maximum and mean absolute snow depth error found was 0.5-0.6 and 0.2-0.3 m respectively, which may result problematic for areas with a shallow snowpack, but it is sufficiently accurate to determine snow distribution patterns in areas characterized by a thick snowpack. The results indicated that in most cases there was temporal consistency in the spatial distribution of thesnowpack, even in different years. The spatial patterns were particularly similar amongst thesurveys conducted during the period dominated by snow accumulation(generally until end of April), or amongst those conducted during the period dominated by melting processes(generally after mid of April or early May). Simple linear correlation analyses for the 11 survey dates, and the application of Random Forests analysis to two days representative of snow accumulation and melting periods indicated the importance of topography to the snow distribution. The results also highlight that elevation and the Topographic Position index(TPI) were the main variables explaining the snow distribution, especially during periods dominated by melting. The intra-and inter-annual spatial consistency of the snowpack distribution suggests that the geomorphological processes linked to presence/absence of snow cover act in a similar way in the long term, and that these spatial patternscan be easily identifiedthrough several years of adequate monitoring.

Applicability of an ultra-long-range terrestrial laser scanner to monitor the mass balance of Muz Taw Glacier,Sawir Mountains,China

Glacier mass balance is a key component of glacier monitoring programs. Information on the mass balance of Sawir Mountains is poor due to a dearth of in-situ measurements. This paper introduces the applicability of an ultra-long-range terrestrial laser scanner(TLS) to monitor the mass balance of Muz Taw Glacier, Sawir Mountains, China. The Riegl VZ?-6000 TLS is exceptionally well-suited for measuring snowy and icy terrain. Here, we use TLS to create repeated high spatiotemporal resolution DEMs, focusing on the annual mass balance(June 2, 2015 to July 25, 2016). According to TLS-derived high spatial resolution point clouds, the front variation(glacier retreat) of Muz Taw Glacier was 9.3 m. The mean geodetic elevation change was 4.55 m at the ablation area. By comparing with glaciological measurements, the glaciological elevation change of individual stakes and the TLS-derived geodetic elevation change of corresponding points matched closely, and the calculated balance was-3.864±0.378 m w.e.. This data indicates that TLS provides accurate results and is therefore suitable to monitor mass balance evolution of Muz Taw Glacier.

A voxel-based fine-scale 3D landscape pattern analysis using laser scanner point clouds

The landscape pattern metrics can quantitatively describe the characteristics of landscape pattern and are widely used in various fields of landscape ecology.Due to the lack of vertical information,2D landscape metrics cannot delineate the vertical characteristics of landscape pattern.Based on the point clouds,a high-resolution voxel model and several voxel-based 3D landscape metrics were constructed in this study and 3D metrics calculation results were compared with that of 2D metrics.The results showed that certain quantifying difference exists between 2D and 3D landscape metrics.For landscapes with different components and spatial configurations,significant difference was disclosed between 2D and 3D landscape metrics.3D metrics can better reflect the real spatial structure characteristics of the landscape than 2D metrics.

Processing of Laser Scanner Data and Extraction of Structure Lines Using Methods of the Image Processing

激光扫描数据提供了一种新的手段用于获取高精度的数字地形表面模型。原始的航空激光扫描数据表达的是一些非规则分布的“点云” ,这些非规则分布的点需要进行有效的事后处理。这种事后处理有 2个目的 :一是将那些分布在地表面上的点 (即地面点 )与分布在非地表面上的点 (譬如树木、房屋或汽车上的点 ,即非地面点 )进行有效的分离 ;二是从分离后的地面点中提取结构线 ,用于建立高精度的数字地面模型。作者发展了一系列的基于数字形态学理论和稳健参数估计理论的方法用于分离和探测地面点。这里所介绍和开发的提取结构线的算法建立在数字图像处理和表面曲率理论的基础上。这些算法同样可以扩展地用于其他领域。所介绍的基于数字图像处理理论处理原始的航空激光扫瞄数据和提取结构线的方法取得了很好的结果。

Displacement field reconstruction in landslide physical modeling by using a terrain laser scanner e Part 2:Application and large strain/displacement and water effect analysis

Deformation analysis is fundamental in geotechnical modeling.Nevertheless,there is still a lack of an effective method to obtain the deformation field under various experimental conditions.In this study,we introduce a processebased physical modeling of a pileereinforced reservoir landslide and present an improved deformation analysis involving large strains and water effects.We collect multieperiod point clouds using a terrain laser scanner and reconstruct its deformation field through a point cloud processing workflow.The results show that this method can accurately describe the landslide surface deformation at any time and area by both scalar and vector fields.The deformation fields in different profiles of the physical model and different stages of the evolutionary process provide adequate and detailed landslide information.We analyze the large strain upstream of the pile caused by the pile installation and the consequent violent deformation during the evolutionary process.Furthermore,our method effectively overcomes the challenges of identifying targets commonly encountered in geotechnical modeling where water effects are considered and targets are polluted,which facilitates the deformation analysis at the wading area in a reservoir landslide.Eventually,combining subsurface deformation as well as numerical modeling,we comprehensively analyze the kinematics and failure mechanisms of this complicated object involving landslides and pile foundations as well as water effects.This method is of great significance for any geotechnical modeling concerning large-strain analysis and water effects.

Displacement field reconstruction in landslide physical modeling by using a terrain laser scanner e Part 1:Methodology,error analysis and validation

Laser scanning technology has been widely used in landslide aspects.However,the existing deformation analysis based on terrain laser scanners can only provide limited information,which is insufficient for understanding landslide kinematics and failure mechanisms.To overcome this limitation,this paper proposes an automated method for processing point clouds collected in landslide physical modeling.This method allows the acquisition of quantitative three-dimensional(3D)deformation field information.The results show the organized and spatially related point cloud segmentation in terms of spherical targets.The segmented point clouds can be fitted to determine the locations of all preset targets and their corresponding location changes.The proposed method has been validated based on theoretical analysis and numerical and physical tests,which indicates that it can batch-process massive data sets with high computational efficiency and good noise resistance.Compared to existing methods,this method shows a significant potential for understanding landslide kinematics and failure mechanisms and advancing the application of 3D laser scanning in geotechnical modeling.

The Experiment and Design of Confocal Laser Scanner for Biochip

In this article ,we chiefly discuss optical part and photoelectrical part, and analyze the result data to make out the relationship between pinhole and special resolution and the influence of PMT on the result data.

Concept Study of a Self-localization System for Snow-covered Roads Using a Four-layer Laser Scanner

Many advanced driver assistance systems have entered the market,and automated driving technologies have been developed.Many of them may not work in adverse weather conditions.A forward-looking camera,for example,is the most popular system used for lane detection but does not work for a snow-covered road.The present paper proposes a self-localization system for snowy roads when the roadsides are covered with snow.The system employs a four-layer laser scanner and onboard sensors and uses only pre-existing roadside snow poles provided for drivers in a snowy region without any other road infrastructure.Because the landscape greatly changes in a short time during a snowstorm and snow removal works,it is necessary to restrict the landmarks used for self-localization to tall objects,like snow poles.A system incorporating this technology will support a driver’s efforts to keep to a lane even in a heavy snowstorm.

A shortcut to marking 3D target curves on curved surface via a galvanometric laser scanner

Marking arbitrary three-dimensional(3D) target curves on given objects with curved surface is required in many industrial fields, such as fabric prepreg placement in composite material part fabrication, product assembly, surface painting for decoration, etc. A shortcut to the solution of this intractable problem is proposed by utilizing a galvanometric laser scanner(GLS) with the aid of a camera. Without using the existing tedious GLS calibration procedures,the proposed method directly establishes a mapping between the 3D coordinates of the laser spots on the object surface and the control voltages of the scanner. A single-hidden layer feedforward neural network(SLFN) is employed to model the mapping. By projecting a dense grid of laser spots on the object to be marked and simultaneously taking only one image, the SLFN model is trained in minutes via a linear solving mechanism. Experiments demonstrate that the trained SLFN model has a good generalization performance for marking 3D target curves. The 3D laser marking errors on experimental objects are less than 0.5 mm. The proposed method is especially suitable for on-site use and can be conveniently extended to multiple GLSs for marking large complex objects.

Weldability evaluation and tensile strength estimation model for aluminum alloy lap joint welding using hybrid system with laser and scanner head

Aluminum welding using a hybrid system with a laser and scanner welding head was performed under various welding conditions to verify the feasibility of applying an aluminum alloy to a car body.The experimental material was 5J32 aluminum alloy,and the laser power,welding speed,and laser incidence angle were used as the control variables.The weld bead shape and the tensile shear strength were evaluated in order to understand the aluminum lap joint weld characteristics.Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was conducted to identify the effect of the process variables on the tensile shear strength.Tensile strength estimation models using three different regression models were also suggested.The input variables were the laser power,welding speed,and laser incidence angle,and the output was the tensile shear strength.Among the models,the second-order polynomial estimation model had the best estimation performance,and the average error rate of this model was 0.058.

A Laser Line Scanner Based Hole Position Correction Mechanism for Automatic Drilling and Riveting in Aircraft Assembly

The low-stiffness of aircraft skins may results in the differences between aircraft actual parts and their theoretical models,which will consequently affect the accuracy of automatic drilling and riveting in aircraft assembly.In this paper,a novel approach of hole position correction using laser line scanner(LLS)is proposed to assign a single row of holes on the parts’surfaces.First,we adopt a space circle fitting method and the random sample consensus(RANSAC)to obtain the precise coordinates of center of the datum holes’coordinates.Second,LLS is calibrated by the laser tracker,and the relations between the LLS coordinate system and the tool coordinate system(TCS)can be calculated.Third,the kinematics model of the automatic riveting machine is established based on a two-point referencing strategy proposed in this paper.Thus,the positions of the holes to be drilled can be adjusted.Finally,the experimental results show that in TCS the measurement error of LLS is less than 0.1 mm,and the correction error of the hole position is less than 0.5 mm,which demonstrates the reliability of our method.

特征自适应的复杂曲面扫描路径生成方法

为了解决现有自动化扫描方法在面对复杂曲面时扫描完整性不足、普适性不佳等问题,提出了一种特征自适应的自动化扫描路径规划方法。首先,构建了激光扫描仪的扫描约束条件,分析其对扫描精度的影响,为特征自适应的复杂扫描路径规划提供理论支撑。其次,针对扫描仪姿态规划问题,提出了一种新的测量倾角约束聚类算法,对离散复杂曲面后获得的采样点进行聚类处理,实现扫描仪姿态的规划,并在此基础上获得扫描路径点。再次,针对扫描路径规划问题,引入法向矢量夹角矩阵作为惩罚矩阵,优化改进最近邻算法,实现符合需求的扫描路径规划。最后,为验证该方法可行有效,以汽车车门作为扫描对象,搭建了一个组合式自动化柔性测量系统,与传统行切扫描方法、手动扫描方法进行对比试验。试验结果表明,该方法相较于行切扫描方法在扫描仪姿态变换次数上减少了54%,测量精度提高了64.5%,降低了人工干预因素的影响,扫描完整性与手动扫描方法接近,可以实现针对复杂曲面的自动化扫描测量。

基于激光扫描仪的点云配准方法

针对激光扫描仪实际扫描得到的不完整点云配准困难问题,提出了一种基于对应点对的配准方法。通过激光扫描仪进行实验,得到被测工件的实测点云数据,基于Visual Studio软件配置Point Cloud Library环境,对实测模型与理想模型的点云配准进行研究。首先对实测点云数据进行体素滤波以及均匀下采样的预处理;其次通过对应点对的方式进行对齐为后续精细配准提供较好的变换初值,后基于ICP算法实现点云配准精配准;最终以均方根误差作为点云配准精度评价指标对配准结果进行评价。借助CloudCompare软件对配准结果进行直观展示分析可知,在实测工件本身存在不绝对光滑的情况下,配准的均方根误差可控制在0.62 mm,表明该方法对于不完整点云的配准效果较好。

利用手持激光点云的矿区自然林树干提取

为了定量刻画矿区复杂环境下自然林树木的三维结构信息,提出一种利用手持激光扫描仪的矿区自然林树干点云识别方法。借助手持激光扫描仪对矿区自然林进行扫描,在滤除地面点的基础上,引入多尺度垂直度特征进行矿区自然林树干识别,利用八叉树叶节点聚类方法对识别的树干进一步提取。通过矿区实测数据进行实验,结果表明,所提出的方法能够实现矿区自然林树干的识别,对矿区复杂环境下自然林树木的三维结构信息定量刻画、厘清矿区植被生长状况具有一定的参考价值。

中外翼数字化装配精加工系统设计及关键技术研究

航空产品各组件对合面的形位公差要求很高,传统的手动及半自动加工方法效率低、精度差,很难满足任务需求。为了提高某大型飞机机翼发房尾舱与中外翼的对合精度,本文基于逆向工程技术提出一种自动测量技术,与数控机床结合,进行对合面铣削制孔加工的解决方案。根据工艺需求,利用激光扫描仪实现空间大部件对接面轮廓尺寸检测、基准提取和铣削量计算的方法,并通过试验进行了验证。结果表明,该系统显著提高了机翼发房尾舱与中外翼的装配精度和装配效率,具有很高的应用价值及推广意义,同时对其他复杂结构件的数字化设计、加工技术研究也有着积极的促进作用。

移动手持激光扫描仪在建筑物竣工测量中的应用

随着科技的快速发展,测绘领域正迎来一场技术革新,三维激光扫描等新型测绘技术引领测绘地理信息服务向更为智能的方向发展。为研究测绘新技术在城市工程测量中的应用潜能,本文将移动手持激光扫描仪引入建筑物竣工测量中。基于ZEB-REVO RT手持激光扫描仪获取竣工项目区域的点云数据,经点云解算和坐标转换,得到满足竣工测量条件的激光点云数据。基于点云数据,完成建筑物的地形提取与编辑,并借助传统的高精度测绘手段,对竣工测量成果进行精度检验。试验结果表明,基于手持激光点云数据的建筑物竣工成果,点位平面精度为±4.6 cm,边长精度为±2.4 cm,符合《城市测量规范CJJ/T 8—2011》中建筑物竣工测量精度标准。本文研究成果验证了手持激光扫描仪在建筑物竣工测量中的有效性与实用性,为测绘新技术在工程测量领域的应用提供了实践经验与参考。

新型三维激光扫描仪在竣工测量中的应用

新型三维激光扫描仪具有高精度、高效率和非接触等诸多优势,结合工程案例介绍了外业数据获取、点云处理和成果制作等流程,并针对如何在竣工测量当中有效应用新型三维激光扫描仪展开相关探讨分析,验证了新型三维激光扫描仪应用于竣工测量中的可行性,对推广其在测绘领域的应用具有重要的意义。