For conventional laser range-gated underwater imaging (RG[) systems, the target image is obtained based oil the reflective character of the target. One of the main performance limiting factors of conventional RGI is...For conventional laser range-gated underwater imaging (RG[) systems, the target image is obtained based oil the reflective character of the target. One of the main performance limiting factors of conventional RGI is that, when the underwater target has the same reflectivity as the background, it is difficult to distinguish the target from the background. An improvement is to use the polarization components of the reflected light. On the basis of conventional RGI, we propose a polarimetric RGI system that employs a polarization generator and a polarization analyzer to detect and recognize underwater objects. Experimental results demonstrate that, by combining polarization with intensity information, we are better able to enhance identification of the underwater target from other objects of the same reflectivity.展开更多
The detection range of underwater laser imaging technology achieves 4—6 times of detection range of conventional camera in intervening water medium, which makes it very promising in oceanic research, deep sea explora...The detection range of underwater laser imaging technology achieves 4—6 times of detection range of conventional camera in intervening water medium, which makes it very promising in oceanic research, deep sea exploration and robotic works. However, the special features in underwater laser images, such as speckle noise and non-uniform illumination, bring great difficulty for image segmentation. In this paper, a novel saliency motivated pulse coupled neural network(SM-PCNN) is proposed for underwater laser image segmentation. The pixel saliency is used as external stimulus of neurons. For improvement of convergence speed to optimal segmentation, a gradient descent method based on maximum two-dimensional Renyi entropy criterion is utilized to determine the dynamic threshold. On the basis of region contrast in each iteration step, the real object regions are effectively distinguished,and the robustness against speckle noise and non-uniform illumination is improved by region selection. The proposed method is compared with four other state-of-the-art methods which are watershed, fuzzy C-means, meanshift and normalized cut methods. Experimental results demonstrate the superiority of our proposed method to allow more accurate segmentation and higher robustness.展开更多
Wavelet moment invariants are constructed for object recognition based on the global feature and local feature of target, which are brought for the simple background of the underwater objects, complex structure, simil...Wavelet moment invariants are constructed for object recognition based on the global feature and local feature of target, which are brought for the simple background of the underwater objects, complex structure, similar form etc. These invariant features realize the multi-dimension feature extraction of local topology and in- variant transform. Considering translation and scale invariant characteristics were ignored by conventional wavelet moments, some improvements were done in this paper. The cubic B-spline wavelets which are optimally localized in space-frequency and close to the forms of Li's(or Zernike's) polynomial moments were applied for calculating the wavelet moments. To testify superiority of the wavelet moments mentioned in this paper, generalized regres- sion neural network(GRNN) was used to calculate the recognition rates based on wavelet invariant moments and conventional invariant moments respectively. Wavelet moments obtained 100% recognition rate for every object and the conventional moments obtained less classification rate. The result shows that wavelet moment has the ability to identify many types of objects and is suitable for laser image recognition.展开更多
自动化、智能化是水下焊接的发展方向,水下焊缝位置的实时传感与检测是其中的关键技术之一,激光视觉传感是一种很有前景的检测方法.阐述了激光视觉水下焊缝图像在不同水质环境下干扰噪声的特点,探讨了V形焊接坡口的水下焊缝图像预处理方...自动化、智能化是水下焊接的发展方向,水下焊缝位置的实时传感与检测是其中的关键技术之一,激光视觉传感是一种很有前景的检测方法.阐述了激光视觉水下焊缝图像在不同水质环境下干扰噪声的特点,探讨了V形焊接坡口的水下焊缝图像预处理方法,研究了M ean Sh ift算法在水下焊缝图像分割中的应用,以及直线Hough变换提取水下焊缝图像特征的应用.结果表明,经图像增强和去噪后,M ean Sh ift算法有效分割出包含焊缝特征信息的激光条纹,图像细化后,直线Hough变换适合于精确提取V形焊缝特征点.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No 61205187the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation under Grant No 2012M510217
文摘For conventional laser range-gated underwater imaging (RG[) systems, the target image is obtained based oil the reflective character of the target. One of the main performance limiting factors of conventional RGI is that, when the underwater target has the same reflectivity as the background, it is difficult to distinguish the target from the background. An improvement is to use the polarization components of the reflected light. On the basis of conventional RGI, we propose a polarimetric RGI system that employs a polarization generator and a polarization analyzer to detect and recognize underwater objects. Experimental results demonstrate that, by combining polarization with intensity information, we are better able to enhance identification of the underwater target from other objects of the same reflectivity.
基金the National High Technology Research and Development Program(863)of China(No.2011AA09A106)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51009040)and the Fundamental Research Funds for Central Universities of China(No.HEUCF140113)
文摘The detection range of underwater laser imaging technology achieves 4—6 times of detection range of conventional camera in intervening water medium, which makes it very promising in oceanic research, deep sea exploration and robotic works. However, the special features in underwater laser images, such as speckle noise and non-uniform illumination, bring great difficulty for image segmentation. In this paper, a novel saliency motivated pulse coupled neural network(SM-PCNN) is proposed for underwater laser image segmentation. The pixel saliency is used as external stimulus of neurons. For improvement of convergence speed to optimal segmentation, a gradient descent method based on maximum two-dimensional Renyi entropy criterion is utilized to determine the dynamic threshold. On the basis of region contrast in each iteration step, the real object regions are effectively distinguished,and the robustness against speckle noise and non-uniform illumination is improved by region selection. The proposed method is compared with four other state-of-the-art methods which are watershed, fuzzy C-means, meanshift and normalized cut methods. Experimental results demonstrate the superiority of our proposed method to allow more accurate segmentation and higher robustness.
基金the Fundamental Research Funds for Central Universities(No.HEUCF110111)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51009040)+2 种基金the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(No.2012M510928)the Heilongjiang Post-doctoral Fund(No.LBH-Z11205)the National High Technology Research and Development Program(863)of China(No.2011AA09A106)
文摘Wavelet moment invariants are constructed for object recognition based on the global feature and local feature of target, which are brought for the simple background of the underwater objects, complex structure, similar form etc. These invariant features realize the multi-dimension feature extraction of local topology and in- variant transform. Considering translation and scale invariant characteristics were ignored by conventional wavelet moments, some improvements were done in this paper. The cubic B-spline wavelets which are optimally localized in space-frequency and close to the forms of Li's(or Zernike's) polynomial moments were applied for calculating the wavelet moments. To testify superiority of the wavelet moments mentioned in this paper, generalized regres- sion neural network(GRNN) was used to calculate the recognition rates based on wavelet invariant moments and conventional invariant moments respectively. Wavelet moments obtained 100% recognition rate for every object and the conventional moments obtained less classification rate. The result shows that wavelet moment has the ability to identify many types of objects and is suitable for laser image recognition.
基金Supported by National Key Research and Development Project (No. 2018YFC1407503)National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 61964006)the Scientific Research Fund of Hainan University (No.KYQD(ZR)1853)。
文摘自动化、智能化是水下焊接的发展方向,水下焊缝位置的实时传感与检测是其中的关键技术之一,激光视觉传感是一种很有前景的检测方法.阐述了激光视觉水下焊缝图像在不同水质环境下干扰噪声的特点,探讨了V形焊接坡口的水下焊缝图像预处理方法,研究了M ean Sh ift算法在水下焊缝图像分割中的应用,以及直线Hough变换提取水下焊缝图像特征的应用.结果表明,经图像增强和去噪后,M ean Sh ift算法有效分割出包含焊缝特征信息的激光条纹,图像细化后,直线Hough变换适合于精确提取V形焊缝特征点.