THE SPECIFIC CHARACTER OF LIMIT ERRORS IN CLOSE RANGE PHOTOGRAMMETRY

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Evaluation of the geometric stability and the accuracy potential of digital cameras — Comparing mechanical stabilisation versus parameterisation

Recent tests on the geometric stability of several digital cameras that were not designed for photogrammetric applications have shown that the accomplished accuracies in object space are either limited or that the accuracy potential is not exploited to the fullest extent. A total of 72 calibrations were calculated with four different software products for eleven digital camera models with different hardware setups, some with mechanical fixation of one or more parts. The calibration procedure was chosen in accord to a German guideline for evaluation of optical 3D measuring systems [VDI/VDE, VDI/VDE 2634 Part 1, 2002. Optical 3D Measuring Systems–Imaging Systems with Point-by-point Probing. Beuth Verlag, Berlin]. All images were taken with ringflashes which was considered a standard method for close-range photogrammetry. In cases where the flash was mounted to the lens, the force exerted on the lens tube and the camera mount greatly reduced the accomplished accuracy. Mounting the ringflash to the camera instead resulted in a large improvement of accuracy in object space. For standard calibration best accuracies in object space were accomplished with a Canon EOS 5D and a 35 mm Canon lens where the focusing tube was fixed with epoxy (47  μm maximum absolute length measurement error in object space). The fixation of the Canon lens was fairly easy and inexpensive resulting in a sevenfold increase in accuracy compared with the same lens type without modification. A similar accuracy was accomplished with a Nikon D3 when mounting the ringflash to the camera instead of the lens (52  μm maximum absolute length measurement error in object space). Parameterisation of geometric instabilities by introduction of an image variant interior orientation in the calibration process improved results for most cameras. In this case, a modified Alpa 12 WA yielded the best results (29  μm maximum absolute length measurement error in object space). Extending the parameter model with FiBun software to model not only an image variant interior orientation, but also deformations in the sensor domain of the cameras, showed significant improvements only for a small group of cameras. The Nikon D3 camera yielded the best overall accuracy (25  μm maximum absolute length measurement error in object space) with this calibration procedure indicating at the same time the presence of image invariant error in the sensor domain. Overall, calibration results showed that digital cameras can be applied for an accurate photogrammetric survey and that only a little effort was sufficient to greatly improve the accuracy potential of digital cameras.     

Principal Point Behaviour and Calibration Parameter Models for Kodak DCS Cameras

Digital still cameras have been widely adopted for close range photogrammetry and machine vision applications. Due to the advantages of onboard storage of digital images, portability and rapid data processing, digital still cameras are rapidly becoming standard equipment for measurement tasks such as industrial metrology and heritage recording. As for any metric application, the accuracy of the derived object data is dependent, amongst many other factors, on the accuracy of the camera calibration. For the vast majority of photogrammetric applications, use of the simple case of a block invariant calibration model comprising the primary physical parameters, including the principal point position, is sufficient. However, cameras designed for photojournalism and domestic use, such as the Kodak DCS420 and 460 cameras, are well known for their calibration instability because the design is based on a 35 mm SLR camera body. In particular, previous research has shown that the principal point location is prone to movement during normal handling of the camera, due to the mounting mechanism of the CCD array. This paper reports on an investigation of the physical behaviour of the principal point location and compares different calibration parameter models for the Kodak DCS420 and DCS460 digital still cameras.     

一种适合于数字近景影像的绝对定向方法

数字近景影像的绝对定向同经典的航空摄影测量有很大的不同,为提高数字近景影像的绝对定向精度,提出了一种基于逐次相关条件平差模型的近景影像绝对定向方法。首先给出计算绝对定向参数初始值的严密公式。然后利用绝对定向方程的严密线性化形式进行逐次相关条件平差。同传统的基于经典间接平差的绝对定向方法相比,该方法可有效提高绝对定向的精度,非常适合于数字近景影像的绝对定向。     

High Resolution Still Video Camera for Industrial Photogrammetry

Still video cameras are easy to handle, portable, digital image acquisition devices for close range photogrammetry. They allow fast object recording without being connected to a computer. As an example of the new camera type, the high resolution Kodak DCS200 is presented in this paper, combined with the DPA digital photogrammetric station used for image measurement and object reconstruction. The performance of this three dimensional measurement system is illustrated by calibration results as well as applications to high precision dimensional inspection in industry.     

一种新型的数码相机室内检校场的建立方法

为了实现普通数码相机应用于摄影测量任务前的检验,提出了一种简易室内数码相机检校场的建立方法和流程。首先进行检校场地的建立,包括场地的选择、标志点的制作及其坐标的量测,然后对检校场的可靠性进行了验证。结果表明所建立的简易室内数码相机检校场能够满足普通数码相机应用于近景摄影测量的检校要求。并且,检校场建立简易,费用较传统数码相机检校场大大降低,是对传统大型室内数码相机检校场的改进。     

UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAMMETRY IN THE NORTH SEA

Underwater photogrammetry is being used in the particularly hostile environment of the North Sea where it has been put into commercially viable operation. The authors discuss underwater photogrammetry related to other means of inspection of oil platforms. They also deal with operational experience of 35 mm and 70 mm cameras, camera calibration, the provision of control and photogrammetric observations and data analysis. The demand for underwater photogrammetry continues to grow.     

星载多相机拼接成像传感器在轨辐射定标方法

星载传感器在轨辐射定标是定量遥感的核心和基础,其定标精度将直接决定定量遥感产品的质量。但是对于多相机拼接成像传感器而言,现有在轨辐射定标方法无法实现各相机绝对辐射定标与相机间相对辐射校正的一体化处理。因此,本文以高分一号(GF-1)卫星宽视场(WFV)传感器为例,提出了一种基于改进型辐射区域网平差的在轨辐射定标方法。该方法首先利用传统的交叉定标方法获取WFV传感器各相机的辐射控制点信息,然后在同轨相邻相机影像重叠区域中提取辐射连接点信息,最后在考虑相机间相对辐射校正与绝对辐射定标之间的耦合关系后,采用整体平差的方式同时获取各相机在轨绝对辐射定标系数及辐射约束条件方程参数。试验结果表明采用该方法获得的各波段在轨绝对辐射定标系数的相对误差均优于9.34%,同时利用该定标系数能够实现同轨相邻相机影像间相对辐射校正处理,其重叠区域各波段表观辐亮度差异绝对值的平均值均小于1.63 W·m~(-2)·sr~(-1)·μm~(-1)。     

Comparative geometric and radiometric evaluation of mobile phone and still video cameras

This paper examines the potential of mobile phones to be used as front-end sensors for photogrammetric procedures and applications. For this purpose, two mobile phone cameras (Sony Ericsson K750i and Nokia N93) were calibrated over an indoor 3D testfield, using a self-calibrating bundle adjustment. Geometric accuracy tests were carried out in order to evaluate their metric performances and to compare the results with respect to two off-the-shelf digital still video cameras (Sony DSC W100 and Sony DSC F828). The geometric accuracy evaluation comprised an absolute accuracy test, JPEG test and temporal stability test. The radiometric capabilities of all cameras (except that the DSC W100 was replaced with a DSC T100 camera) were also evaluated and compared by carrying out modulation transfer function (MTF) analysis, image noise analysis and an operating range test. Substantial systematic errors were diagnosed in some systems. However, with proper calibration it is believed that these devices can be used for many photogrammetric tasks.     

Geometric test field calibration of digital photogrammetric sensors

Test field system calibration will be a fundamental part of the future photogrammetric production line. Accurate calibration and performance evaluations are necessary for fully assessing the stability and accuracy of digital sensing techniques. In this paper, a method of comprehensive geometric calibration in a test field has been developed and empirically tested using eight image blocks collected with three UltraCamD digital large format photogrammetric cameras. Permanent photogrammetric test fields form the basis of the method. Important components of the method are determination of system parameters, evaluation of systematic errors, and assessment of geometric accuracy. The results showed that UltraCamD images contained systematic deformations that could not be modeled with single lens additional parameter models. Good point determination accuracy was obtained despite the systematic errors; the typical accuracy was 2–3 μm in image space in the horizontal coordinates and 0.05–0.09‰ of the object distance in height. One of the cameras had significantly poorer performance. In the worst cases, the horizontal accuracy was 5 μm in image space and the height accuracy was 0.18‰ of the object distance. The analog cameras gave better results than the UltraCamD, but the development of appropriate mathematical models for UltraCamD as well as improvements in digital sensors may change the situation in the near future.     

SIMULTANEOUS CALIBRATION OF A PHOTOGRAMMETRIC STEREOPAIR

Procedures for the calibration of a stereopair simultaneously with a bundle adjustment are presented. Distances and directions in object space are used as additional observations. The analytical simultaneous calibration of a photogrammetric camera is essential when instrument methods do not determine the precalibrated parameters of interior orientation with sufficient accuracy.     

Image sequence based automatic multi-camera system calibration techniques

An image sequence-based, fully automatic and rather flexible procedure for the calibration of stationary multi-camera systems for 3-D observation of dynamic events is presented and analysed. While conventional close-range camera calibration techniques are either based on a stable point-field with known reference coordinates or on a temporarily stationary point-field with only approximately known 3-D coordinates, which is imaged from different locations and under different orientations with one single camera, the presented technique is based on stationary cameras and moving targets, making use of the image sequence acquisition nature of most solid state cameras. In the simplest version, only one easily detectable marker has to be tracked through image sequences of multiple pre-calibrated cameras, thus avoiding the necessity of homologous feature identification for the establishment of multi-view correspondences; 3-D coordinates of the marker position are not required. This single-marker method does not allow for the determination of the interior orientation. In an extended version allowing for full camera orientation and calibration, a reference bar of known length is moved through object space, with the problem of feature identification and establishment of multi-view correspondences being reduced to the tracking of two targets. The method can only be used with multi-camera systems and is most useful for 3-D motion analysis applications, but may be adapted to a wide range of other applications. The advantages of the method over conventional self-calibration techniques are the trivial establishment of multi-view correspondences, the fact that no temporarily stable target field has to be constructed, and the fact that each camera has to be set up only once. After an explanation of the technique, its performance is examined in detail based on extensive computer simulations, and the practical effectiveness is shown in a pilot study on industrial robot calibration. Based on these studies, recommendations are given concerning the number of reference bar locations, preferable reference bar orientation schemes and the achievable accuracy potential.     

Geometric test field calibration of digital photogrammetric sensors

Test field system calibration will be a fundamental part of the future photogrammetric production line. Accurate calibration and performance evaluations are necessary for fully assessing the stability and accuracy of digital sensing techniques. In this paper, a method of comprehensive geometric calibration in a test field has been developed and empirically tested using eight image blocks collected with three UltraCamD digital large format photogrammetric cameras. Permanent photogrammetric test fields form the basis of the method. Important components of the method are determination of system parameters, evaluation of systematic errors, and assessment of geometric accuracy. The results showed that UltraCamD images contained systematic deformations that could not be modeled with single lens additional parameter models. Good point determination accuracy was obtained despite the systematic errors; the typical accuracy was 2–3 μm in image space in the horizontal coordinates and 0.05–0.09‰ of the object distance in height. One of the cameras had significantly poorer performance. In the worst cases, the horizontal accuracy was 5 μm in image space and the height accuracy was 0.18‰ of the object distance. The analog cameras gave better results than the UltraCamD, but the development of appropriate mathematical models for UltraCamD as well as improvements in digital sensors may change the situation in the near future.     

DLT方法在遥感相机几何定标中的应用

为建立适用于遥感相机定标的实验室,需要有几何标定的算法和软件对摄影图像进行计算.使用近景摄影测量中基于3维控制场的定标方法,对单CCD四波段遥感相机进行了几何定标,研究并自主编程实现了直接线性变换DLT(Direct Linear Transformation)算法,与基于空间后方交会算法的定标结果进行了精度对比.结论...     

A hybrid measurement approach for close-range photogrammetry

Full automation in close-range photogrammetric measurement has long been a practical reality. However, constraints apply to the process such that automated 3D measurement is generally confined to targeted points in an environment of controlled illumination. The ready availability of consumer-grade digital cameras has made photogrammetric measurement accessible and more widely employed for a host of new applications, the majority of which call for 3D measurement of other than signalized object features. Process automation is therefore typically precluded. This paper discusses a hybrid measurement approach which involves fully automatic network orientation with targets, while at the same time supporting follow-up semi-automatic and manual operations such as feature point and line extraction and surface measurement via image matching. The topics discussed include camera calibration, the metric exploitation of colour attributes, issues related to image point correspondence determination, operator assisted feature measurement and surface extraction. All are important to the practical realisation of the hybrid measurement approach.     

数码相机检验中出现的问题及解决方法

数码相机的检验是近景摄影测量中经常碰到的问题。最常用的主要还是基于共线方程的后方交会法。但由于普通数码相机存在较大的镜头畸变,内方位元素也未知,所以仅用单片进行后方交会求取有关参数时,法方程可能会出现病态现象,从而影响最后的检验结果。文中对此现象进行了讨论,并给出了一些实用的解决方法。     

轻小型组合宽角低空相机检校技术研究

轻小型组合宽角低空相机由四个非量测的CCD面阵相机组合而成,其内方位元素未知,并且相机畸变差较大.而无人机航空摄影测量作业对CCD相机的光学畸变参数有较高的要求,因为参数的一个像素的误差常常会导致地面几米甚至数十米的误差,因此对组合相机进行高精度检校是无人机航空摄影测量作业的关键步骤.本文采用多片空间后方交会方法在室外...     

非量测数字相机实验室几何标定

非量测数字相机的几何标定,包括内方位元素和畸变的精确测定,直接影响其用于航空摄影测量的最终精度。本文研制出一套非量测数字相机实验室几何标定系统。该系统采用平行光管加星点板作为目标发生器,在测量出一组目标点在相机的CCD靶面上的像点坐标及对应的平行光线的入射角后,结合几何标定的数学模型,可以实现相机的高精度几何标定。采用佳能EOS 5D MarkⅡ和哈苏H3D两款典型的数字相机进行了试验与分析。试验结果验证了本文标定方法的正确性以及精度的可靠性。     

“天绘一号”卫星在轨辐射定标方法

在轨辐射定标包括相对辐射定标和绝对辐射定标, 它是提高遥感数据定量化精度的关键步骤和重要方法。本文阐述了基于均匀场地分区综合的相对辐射定标方法、基于反照率的绝对辐射定标方法及其基本原理, 并首次将其应用于“天绘一号”卫星上的高分辨、多光谱和三线阵相机的辐射定标中。研究结果表明, 相对辐射定标过程去除了卫星图像的条带噪声, 且保存了图像细节;然后, 使用反照率基法, 通过在敦煌场地铺设灰阶靶标, 测量卫星过顶时的地物目标反射率光谱和大气信息, 对“天绘一号”卫星传感器进行了绝对辐射定标;最后, 使用辐射定标结果来反演地物反射率, 与实测的地物反射率相比误差小于5%, 验证了在轨辐射定标系数的有效性。     

Solutions for Exterior Orientation in Photogrammetry: A Review

The determination of the attitude, the position and the intrinsic geometric characteristics of the camera is recognised as the fundamental photogrammetric problem. It can be summarised as the determination of camera interior and exterior orientation parameters, as well as the determination of 3D coordinates of object points. The term "exterior orientation"of an image refers to its position and orientation related to an exterior (object space) coordinate system. Several methods can be applied to determine the parameters of the orientation of one, two or more photos. The orientation can be processed in steps (as relative and absolute orientation) but simultaneous methods (such as bundle adjustments) are now available in many software packages. Several methods have also been developed for the orientation of single images. They are based in general on geometric and topological characteristics of imaged objects.
This paper presents a survey of classical and modern methods for the determination of the exterior parameters in photogrammetry, some of which are available as software packages (with practical examples) on the Internet. The methods presented are classified in three principal groups. In the first, a selection of approximate methods for applications that do not require great accuracy is presented. Such methods are also used to calculate values required for iterative processes. In the second group, standard point–based methods derived from collinearity, coplanarity or coangularity conditions are briefly reviewed, followed by line–based approaches. The third group represents orientation methods based on constraints and on concepts of projective geometry, which are becoming of increasing interest for photogrammetrists. In the last section, the paper gives a summary of existing strategies for automatic exterior orientation in aerial photogrammetry.