Coarse head pose estimation of construction equipment operators to formulate dynamic blind spots

Several hundred workers die in construction in the United States every year because equipment operators are unable to see their fellow workers during operation of their vehicle. In this paper we propose a step towards improving this situation by providing an automated method based on range imaging for estimating the coarse head orientation of a construction equipment operator. This research utilizes commercially-available low resolution range cameras to measure the continuously changing field-of-view (FOV) of an equipment operator in outdoor construction. This paper presents a methodology to measure so-called dynamic blind spot maps. The dynamic blind spot map is then projected on a known static equipment blind spot map that already exists to each construction vehicle. A robust computational coarse head pose estimation algorithm and results to three different pieces of construction equipment and multiple operators are presented. The developed method has the potential in automatically determining the spaces around vehicles that are currently not in the field-of-view of the vehicle operator thus providing eventually additional means and technology for improving safety in construction.     

瞬态压力测试系统的环境因子校准

多数瞬态压力信号的测量是在恶劣环境下进行的,用静态校准的特性直接用于动态参量的测量会给测量结果带来很大误差,为了减小测试环境对测试系统的影响,提高测试数据的置信度,提出了环境因子校准的思想.文中分析了两类环境力信号对测试系统输出信号的影响,介绍了火炮膛压测试仪和石油井下射孔压力测试仪的环境因子校准系统组成及工作原理.经...     

6UPS并联机构杆长误差标定及其对动平台运动的影响分析

分析了不同误差对并联机构的影响,尤其是杆长误差对动平台姿态误差的影响.建立了采用并联机构运动学反解模型的矢量法误差求解模型;针对6UPS并联刀具机构的结构特点,使用支链分析方法,对由杆长误差引起的动平台误差变化趋势及变化的敏感性方向进行了分析.使用激光干涉仪完成了误差测量实验,使用多组姿态数据的不同组合进行误差计算,获得了优化的杆长误差数据.完成了杆长误差对动平台误差变化影响的数值分析与矢量合成两种方法的验证.     

快速三维扫描激光雷达的设计及其系统标定

为了增强传统二维激光雷达的环境几何信息采集能力,设计了一个快速三维扫描激光雷达系统.采用了一个单片机控制的步进电机旋转二维激光雷达的扫描平面,得到第三维扫描.研制了高速数据通讯卡,实现激光雷达与数据采集计算机之间的实时传输.在整个扫描过程中,各个时刻的二维距离测量数据和相应的俯仰扫描角被同时记录下来,形成一帧完整的三维距离图像.在分析系统误差源基础上,对初始姿态误差和系统偏心误差建立了数学模型,并采用最小二乘法作了系统标定.实验结果表明,该雷达系统精度高,在量程范围内距离误差小于±30 mm,扫描速度可达1.2 s/帧数据.     

一种四自由度并联机构的标定技术

运动学标定就是对实际几何参数的估计过程，通过标定来减少动平台的位姿误差。本文对并联机构的标定技术进行了介绍，并对一种四自由度并联机构的标定过程以两种标定方法进行了说明，给出了仿真结果。     

机器人视觉引导中标定参数同步求解方法

在分析机器人视觉引导中各坐标系转换关系的基础上,提出一种基于最大似然估计的非线性机器人视觉引导标定参数的计算方法,该方法根据最大似然估计构造计算过程中矩阵变换测度函数,采用Levenberg-Marquardt算法求解非线性最小二乘问题,可一次性求解出摄像机标定参数和手眼标定参数。通过数值仿真和真实机器人标定实验,将计算结果与经典标定方法的计算结果进行了比较。结果表明:提出的算法相对于经典算法在估计误差、对噪声的敏感度和稳定性方面均有所提高。     

电磁成形中的测量

本文简要介绍了电磁成形中放电电流、管坯与线圈间隙中的磁场测量 ,以及管坯动态变形过程测量的各种方法。通过各种方法的比较分析 ,得出分流器法测放电电流、探测线圈法测感生磁场是切实可行的方法。金属坯料在电磁力作用下的变形过程可用撞针法和高速摄影的办法进行测量 ,每种方法各有其优势和适用范围 ,测量时 ,根据实际情况进行选用。     

应力交变下微型土压力计的标定及应用

为了研究土压力计在不同应力状态下的敏感系数,利用镶嵌有微型土压力计的模型桩,按照两种方式设计应力交变加载模式进行标定:(a)从初始零应力状态分级加载—卸载至零;(b)从初始零应力状态加载到应力最大值,分级卸载—加载,逐渐到零应力状态。研究结果表明:初始应力为零的加载曲线线性较好,敏感系数可用线性函数进行拟合;初始应力不为零的加载曲线线性也较好,敏感系数也可用线性函数进行拟合;而卸载曲线包含显著的非线性和滞后效应,此时敏感系数就不是一个固定值,可采用指数曲线来进行拟合。将获取的标定系数应用于水平受荷模型桩的桩身应力分析中,在加载过程中3.5D~5.5D深处桩身应力一直变大,且变化幅度最大。研究成果可为水利工程中板桩、抗滑桩等水平受荷桩桩身截面尺寸及配筋设计提供参考。     

A novel method for camera external parameters online calibration using dotted road line

On board camera is the most important information source for driver assistant application which is based on computer vision. One problem for on board camera is that the external parameters are easy to be changed when moving on the road. Traditional method either calibrates external parameters offline or calibrates external parameters semi-online, which both need human intervention. By observation, it is found that corner connection of dotted road lane can form two groups of parallel lines. Using this geometric characteristics and through theoretical derivation, a novel online camera external parameter calibration method is proposed which focus on the situation when vehicle is moving. The pro of this method is that it maintains relatively high calculation accuracy and more important, it does not require any human intervention in whole calibration process. Experimental and comparison results show that this method is simple and have accurate results which fully meet the requirements of practical application.     

IMAGING OF PARTICLE MOTION IN FLUID-SOLID SYSTEMS USING A GAMMA CAMERA

A new approach is presented for the characterization of particle motion in fluid-solid systems based on dynamic imaging with a gamma scintillation camera. A two-dimensional spouted bed of 200-500 micron diameter anion exchange resin beads was used as a test system. One or several beads were radiolabeled with the 140 keV gamma emitting radionuclide 99m-Tc pertechnetate, and particle velocity, panicle path, the spatial distribution of particle residence times, and local bed density were determined from the measured temporal and spatial distributions of particle activity. While care must be exercised in the interpretation of data when the scale for changes in the spatial distribution of activity approaches the limits of camera resolution, the method is quantitative, non-invasive, and well suited to the study of systems having symmetry in one spatial dimension.