阅读说明：本技术 一种立体成像装置及其成像方法 (Three-dimensional imaging device and imaging method thereof ) 是由 张青川 薛伟伟 于 2020-06-17 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明提供了一种立体成像装置及其成像方法,包括第一偏振片、第二偏振片和像素偏振相机；所述第一偏振片用于透射拍摄对象的漫反射光中的第一偏振光,所述第二偏振片用于透射所述拍摄对象的漫反射光中的第二偏振光,所述第一偏振片和所述第二偏振片的偏振角度不同；所述像素偏振相机用于根据所述第一偏振光和所述第二偏振光得到所述拍摄对象的立体图像,从而不需两台相机进行成像,也不需同步器协调两台相机,进而可以解决现有技术中协调两台相机同时曝光的同步器系统附件多、成本高、设备的安装调试和使用不方便的问题。(The invention provides a three-dimensional imaging device and an imaging method thereof, wherein the three-dimensional imaging device comprises a first polaroid, a second polaroid and a pixel polarization camera; the first polaroid is used for transmitting first polarized light in diffuse reflection light of a shooting object, the second polaroid is used for transmitting second polarized light in the diffuse reflection light of the shooting object, and the polarization angles of the first polaroid and the second polaroid are different; the pixel polarization camera is used for obtaining the three-dimensional image of the shot object according to the first polarized light and the second polarized light, so that two cameras are not needed for imaging, a synchronizer is not needed for coordinating the two cameras, and the problems that in the prior art, the synchronizer for coordinating the simultaneous exposure of the two cameras has many accessories, the cost is high, and the installation, the debugging and the use of equipment are inconvenient are solved.)

1. A stereoscopic imaging apparatus includes a first polarizing plate, a second polarizing plate, and a pixel polarization camera;

the first polaroid is used for transmitting first polarized light in diffuse reflection light of a shooting object, the second polaroid is used for transmitting second polarized light in the diffuse reflection light of the shooting object, and the polarization angles of the first polaroid and the second polaroid are different;

the pixel polarization camera is used for obtaining a stereoscopic image of the shooting object according to the first polarized light and the second polarized light.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a first set of mirrors and a second set of mirrors;

the first reflector group is positioned between the first polarizer and the pixel polarization camera and used for reflecting the first polarized light transmitted by the first polarizer to the pixel polarization camera;

the second mirror group is located between the second polarizer and the pixel polarization camera and used for reflecting the second polarized light transmitted by the second polarizer to the pixel polarization camera.

3. The device according to claim 2, wherein the first polarizing plate and the second polarizing plate are disposed symmetrically with respect to an incident optical axis of the pixel polarization camera;

the first mirror group and the second mirror group are symmetrically arranged about the incident optical axis.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the first set of mirrors comprises a first mirror and a second mirror, and the second set of mirrors comprises a third mirror and a fourth mirror;

the first reflecting mirror and the second reflecting mirror are sequentially positioned on a light path between the first polaroid and the pixel polarization camera;

the third reflector and the fourth reflector are sequentially positioned on a light path between the second polaroid and the pixel polarization camera;

the second reflecting mirror is used for reflecting the first polarized light transmitted by the first polarizer to the first reflecting mirror;

the first mirror is used for reflecting the first polarized light reflected by the second mirror to the pixel polarization camera;

the fourth reflector is used for reflecting the second polarized light transmitted by the second polarizer to the third reflector;

the third mirror is used for reflecting the second polarized light reflected by the fourth mirror to the pixel polarization camera.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, further comprising a base plate;

the first polarizer, the second polarizer, the pixel polarization camera, the first mirror, the second mirror, the third mirror, and the fourth mirror are fixed on the base plate.

6. The apparatus according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the first polarizer and the second polarizer are disposed parallel to a lens of the pixel polarization camera;

the first reflector and the third reflector are located between the first polarizer and the second polarizer, and reflection surfaces of the first reflector and the third reflector are arranged towards a lens of the pixel polarization camera.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the pixel polarization camera comprises a light sensing chip comprising an array of micro-polarizers, the array of micro-polarizers comprising at least a third polarizer at the same angle as the first polarizer and a fourth polarizer at the same angle as the second polarizer.

8. An imaging method of a stereoscopic imaging apparatus, comprising:

the first polarizing plate transmits first polarized light in diffuse reflection light of a photographic object;

the second polarizing plate transmits second polarized light in the diffuse reflection light of the photographic object;

and the pixel polarization camera obtains a stereoscopic image of the shooting object according to the first polarized light and the second polarized light.

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of computer vision, in particular to a three-dimensional imaging device and an imaging method thereof.

Background

In conventional stereo digital image correlation or other computer binocular stereo vision applications, two similar cameras are needed to observe a measured object at a certain stereo visual angle, and stereo information of the measured object is obtained according to the parallax of the binocular stereo cameras.

Based on this, need use and coordinate two cameras hardware synchronizer and special support bracket fixed camera that expose simultaneously, however, this synchronizer system annex is more, and the cost is higher, and the installation debugging and the use of equipment are comparatively inconvenient.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above, the present invention provides a stereoscopic imaging apparatus and an imaging method thereof, so as to solve the problems of the prior art that a synchronizer system for coordinating simultaneous exposure of two cameras has many accessories, high cost, and inconvenient installation, debugging and use of equipment.

In order to achieve the purpose, the invention provides the following technical scheme:

a stereoscopic imaging device includes a first polarizing plate, a second polarizing plate, and a pixel polarization camera;

the first polaroid is used for transmitting first polarized light in diffuse reflection light of a shooting object, the second polaroid is used for transmitting second polarized light in the diffuse reflection light of the shooting object, and the polarization angles of the first polaroid and the second polaroid are different;

the pixel polarization camera is used for obtaining a stereoscopic image of the shooting object according to the first polarized light and the second polarized light.

Optionally, the system further comprises a first mirror group and a second mirror group;

the first reflector group is positioned between the first polarizer and the pixel polarization camera and used for reflecting the first polarized light transmitted by the first polarizer to the pixel polarization camera;

the second mirror group is located between the second polarizer and the pixel polarization camera and used for reflecting the second polarized light transmitted by the second polarizer to the pixel polarization camera.

Optionally, the first polarizer and the second polarizer are symmetrically disposed about an incident optical axis of the pixel polarization camera;

the first mirror group and the second mirror group are symmetrically arranged about the incident optical axis.

Optionally, the first mirror group comprises a first mirror and a second mirror, and the second mirror group comprises a third mirror and a fourth mirror;

the first reflecting mirror and the second reflecting mirror are sequentially positioned on a light path between the first polaroid and the pixel polarization camera;

the third reflector and the fourth reflector are sequentially positioned on a light path between the second polaroid and the pixel polarization camera;

the second reflecting mirror is used for reflecting the first polarized light transmitted by the first polarizer to the first reflecting mirror;

the first mirror is used for reflecting the first polarized light reflected by the second mirror to the pixel polarization camera;

the fourth reflector is used for reflecting the second polarized light transmitted by the second polarizer to the third reflector;

the third mirror is used for reflecting the second polarized light reflected by the fourth mirror to the pixel polarization camera.

Optionally, further comprising a bottom plate;

the first polarizer, the second polarizer, the pixel polarization camera, the first mirror, the second mirror, the third mirror, and the fourth mirror are fixed on the base plate.

Optionally, the first polarizer and the second polarizer are disposed parallel to a lens of the pixel polarization camera;

the first reflector and the third reflector are located between the first polarizer and the second polarizer, and reflection surfaces of the first reflector and the third reflector are arranged towards a lens of the pixel polarization camera.

Optionally, the pixel polarization camera includes a light sensing chip, the light sensing chip includes a micro-polarizer array, the micro-polarizer array includes at least a third polarizer and a fourth polarizer, an angle of the third polarizer is the same as an angle of the first polarizer, and an angle of the fourth polarizer is the same as an angle of the second polarizer.

An imaging method of a stereoscopic imaging apparatus, comprising:

the first polarizing plate transmits first polarized light in diffuse reflection light of a photographic object;

the second polarizing plate transmits second polarized light in the diffuse reflection light of the photographic object;

and the pixel polarization camera obtains a stereoscopic image of the shooting object according to the first polarized light and the second polarized light.

Compared with the prior art, the technical scheme provided by the invention has the following advantages:

according to the stereoscopic imaging device and the imaging method thereof provided by the invention, the first polaroid transmits the first polarized light in diffuse reflection light of a shot object, the second polaroid transmits the second polarized light in the diffuse reflection light of the shot object, and the pixel polarization camera obtains the stereoscopic image of the shot object according to the first polarized light and the second polarized light, so that two cameras are not needed for imaging, a synchronizer is not needed to coordinate the two cameras, and the problems of more accessories, high cost, and inconvenience in installation, debugging and use of equipment of the synchronizer for coordinating the two cameras to be exposed simultaneously in the prior art can be solved.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the provided drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of an imaging optical path of a stereo imaging apparatus provided in an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of an imaging component of a pixel polarization camera according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a stereoscopic imaging apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention;

fig. 4 is a flowchart of an imaging method of a stereoscopic imaging apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

As described in the background art, in the prior art, two cameras are used for shooting a stereo image, and a hardware synchronizer for coordinating the simultaneous exposure of the two cameras and a special support bracket are used for fixing the cameras, but the synchronizer has more accessories, higher cost and inconvenient installation, debugging and use of equipment.

Based on this, the present invention provides a stereoscopic imaging device to overcome the above problems of the prior art, comprising a first polarizer, a second polarizer and a pixel polarization camera;

the first polaroid is used for transmitting first polarized light in diffuse reflection light of a shooting object, the second polaroid is used for transmitting second polarized light in the diffuse reflection light of the shooting object, and the polarization angles of the first polaroid and the second polaroid are different;

the pixel polarization camera is used for obtaining a stereoscopic image of the shooting object according to the first polarized light and the second polarized light.

According to the stereoscopic imaging device and the imaging method thereof provided by the invention, the first polaroid transmits the first polarized light in diffuse reflection light of a shot object, the second polaroid transmits the second polarized light in the diffuse reflection light of the shot object, and the pixel polarization camera obtains the stereoscopic image of the shot object according to the first polarized light and the second polarized light, so that two cameras are not needed for imaging, a synchronizer is not needed to coordinate the two cameras, and the problems of more accessories, high cost, and inconvenience in installation, debugging and use of equipment of the synchronizer for coordinating the two cameras to be exposed simultaneously in the prior art can be solved.

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, so that the above is the core idea of the present invention, and the above objects, features and advantages of the present invention can be more clearly understood. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a stereoscopic imaging apparatus, as shown in fig. 1, including a first polarizer 10, a second polarizer 11, and a pixel polarization camera 12.

Wherein, the first polarizer 10 is used for transmitting a first polarized light in the diffuse reflection light of the photographic subject 00, the second polarizer 11 is used for transmitting a second polarized light in the diffuse reflection light of the photographic subject 00, and the polarization angles of the first polarizer 10 and the second polarizer 11 are different; the pixel polarization camera 12 is configured to obtain a stereoscopic image of the photographic subject from the first polarized light and the second polarized light.

Optionally, the stereoscopic imaging apparatus in the embodiment of the invention further includes a first mirror group and a second mirror group. The first reflector group is located between the first polarizer 10 and the pixel polarization camera 12, and is used for reflecting the first polarized light transmitted by the first polarizer 10 to the pixel polarization camera 12; the second mirror group is located between the second polarizer 11 and the pixel polarization camera 12, and reflects the second polarized light transmitted by the second polarizer 11 to the pixel polarization camera 12.

Of course, the present invention is not limited to this, and in other embodiments, the polarized light transmitted by the polarizer may be directly incident into the pixel polarization camera 12 by setting the angle between the first polarizer 10 and the pixel polarization camera 12 and the angle between the second polarizer 11 and the pixel polarization camera 12, or the polarized light transmitted by the polarizer may be directly incident into the pixel polarization camera 12 through other optical devices.

Further optionally, the first mirror group comprises a first mirror 101 and a second mirror 102, and the second mirror group comprises a third mirror 111 and a fourth mirror 112. The first reflecting mirror 101 and the second reflecting mirror 102 are sequentially located on the optical path between the first polarizing plate 10 and the pixel polarization camera 12; the third mirror 111 and the fourth mirror 112 are sequentially located on the optical path between the second polarizer 11 and the pixel polarization camera 12.

The second mirror 102 is configured to reflect the first polarized light transmitted by the first polarizer 10 to the first mirror 101; the first mirror 101 is used for reflecting the first polarized light reflected by the second mirror 102 to the pixel polarization camera 12; the fourth mirror 112 is used for reflecting the second polarized light transmitted by the second polarizer 11 to the third mirror 111; the third mirror 111 is used to reflect the second polarized light reflected by the fourth mirror 112 to the pixel polarization camera 12.

Of course, the number of the mirrors in the mirror group in the embodiment of the present invention is not limited, and the mirror group in the embodiment of the present invention is only described as having two mirrors, and in other embodiments, there may be one, three, four, or even more mirrors.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the first polarizing plate 10 and the second polarizing plate 11 are disposed symmetrically with respect to the incident optical axis O of the pixel polarization camera 12; the first mirror group and the second mirror group are symmetrically arranged about the incident light axis O. Specifically, the first mirror 101 and the third mirror 111 are disposed symmetrically with respect to the incident optical axis O, and the second mirror 102 and the fourth mirror 112 are disposed symmetrically with respect to the incident optical axis O.

In the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1, the diffuse reflection light of the object 00 is polarized by the first polarizer 10 to form a first polarized light, the first polarized light is reflected twice by the first reflector 101 and the second reflector 102 and enters the pixel polarization camera 12 for imaging, meanwhile, the diffuse reflection light of the object 00 is polarized by the second polarizer 11 to form a second polarized light, and the second polarized light is reflected twice by the third reflector 111 and the fourth reflector 112 and enters the pixel polarization camera 12 for imaging. Since the virtual image 1 of the optical path of the first polarizing plate 10 and the virtual image 2 of the optical path of the second polarizing plate 11 are mirror-symmetrical, the pixel polarization camera 12 can simultaneously image the virtual images 1 and 2.

Since the first polarizing plate 10 and the second polarizing plate 11 are polarizing plates of different angles, such as polarizing plates of 0 degrees and 180 degrees, respectively, the image forming light rays of the virtual images 1 and 2 are polarized light of 0 degrees and 180 degrees, respectively. The pixel of four different angles is a unit in pixel polarization camera 12, and 0 degree pixel and 180 degree pixel can divide into the formation of image to the formation of image light after virtual image 1 and the polarization of virtual image 2 in its unit, form images respectively to first polarized light and second polarized light promptly to can obtain the picture about the different visual angles of shooting object 00 in once shooing, and then can carry out the stereovision according to the picture of different visual angles and calculate.

It should be noted that the pixel polarization camera 12 in the embodiment of the present invention is a camera that only senses polarized light in a specific direction. As shown in fig. 2, the pixel polarization camera 12 includes a light sensing chip 120, and a micro-polarizer array 121, wherein the cell size of the micro-polarizer array 121 is identical to the pixel cell size of the light sensing chip 120, and the cells of the micro-polarizer array 121 are aligned with the pixel cells of the light sensing chip 120 one by one.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the micro polarizer array includes at least a third polarizer and a fourth polarizer, an angle of the third polarizer is the same as that of the first polarizer 10, and an angle of the fourth polarizer is the same as that of the second polarizer 11. Of course, the present invention is not limited thereto, and as shown in fig. 2, the micro polarizer array 121 includes polarizers of four angles of 0 °, 45 °, 90 ° and 135 °, alternatively, the angle of the first polarizer 10 is 0 ° and the angle of the second polarizer 11 is 90 °, although the present invention is not limited thereto, and in other embodiments, the angle of the second polarizer 11 may also be 180 °. Based on this, the first polarized light transmitted by the first polarizer 10 may be irradiated onto the photosensitive chip 120 through the polarizer of 0 ° in the micro-polarizer array for imaging, and the second polarized light transmitted by the second polarizer 11 may be irradiated onto the photosensitive chip 120 after being polarized through the polarizer of 90 ° in the micro-polarizer array for imaging.

The stereoscopic imaging device according to the embodiment of the invention further includes a bottom plate 13, and as shown in fig. 3, the first polarizer 10, the second polarizer 11, the pixel polarization camera 12, the first reflector 101, the second reflector 102, the third reflector 111, and the fourth reflector 112 are fixed on the bottom plate 13.

Also, the first polarizing plate 10 and the second polarizing plate 11 are disposed parallel to the lens of the pixel polarization camera 12; the first reflecting mirror 101 and the third reflecting mirror 111 are located between the first polarizing plate 10 and the second polarizing plate 11, and the reflecting surfaces of the first reflecting mirror 101 and the third reflecting mirror 111 are arranged toward the lens of the pixel polarization camera 12, so that the stereoscopic imaging device has a more compact structure and lower cost.

Alternatively, the first polarizing plate 10, the first reflecting mirror 101, and the second reflecting mirror 102 are an integral structure to fix the first polarizing plate 10, the first reflecting mirror 101, and the second reflecting mirror 102 and their positional relationships. Similarly, the second polarizer 11, the third reflecting mirror 111, and the fourth reflecting mirror 112 are integrated to fix the second polarizer 11, the third reflecting mirror 111, and the fourth reflecting mirror 112 and their positional relationships.

In the embodiment of the invention, left and right visual angles of left and right pictures of a shooting object are obtained through the polaroid and the reflector, incident light of the left and right visual angles is subjected to polarization treatment by the polaroid and then is imaged and projected to the pixel polarization camera 12 through the lens, so that the left and right visual angle pictures are imaged by different polarized pixels respectively, and a three-dimensional image is formed according to the left and right visual angle pictures. In the embodiment of the invention, a binocular picture can be obtained by using a single camera, so that two cameras are not needed for imaging, a synchronizer is not needed for coordinating the two cameras, and the problems of more accessories, high cost, and inconvenient installation, debugging and use of equipment of the synchronizer for coordinating the two cameras to simultaneously expose in the prior art can be solved. Meanwhile, the stereo imaging device in the embodiment of the invention has a wide viewing angle of the whole target surface, and realizes the measurement of the relevant morphology, displacement and deformation of the single-camera three-dimensional digital image.

An embodiment of the present invention provides an imaging method for a binocular vision device, as shown in fig. 4, including:

s101: the first polarizing plate transmits first polarized light in diffuse reflection light of a photographic object;

s102: the second polarizing plate transmits second polarized light in the diffuse reflection light of the photographic object;

s103: and the pixel polarization camera obtains a stereoscopic image of the shooting object according to the first polarized light and the second polarized light.

Referring to fig. 1, the diffuse reflection light of the object 00 is polarized by the first polarizer 10 to form a first polarized light, the first polarized light is reflected twice by the first reflector 101 and the second reflector 102 and enters the pixel polarization camera 12 to be imaged, meanwhile, the diffuse reflection light of the object 00 is polarized by the second polarizer 11 to form a second polarized light, and the second polarized light is reflected twice by the third reflector 111 and the fourth reflector 112 and enters the pixel polarization camera 12 to be imaged. Then, the pixel polarization camera 12 forms a stereoscopic image of the photographic subject 00 from the image formed by the first polarized light and the image formed by the second polarized light.

According to the stereo imaging device and the imaging method thereof provided by the embodiment of the invention, a single camera is adopted for stereo imaging, so that two cameras are not needed for imaging, a synchronizer is not needed for coordinating the two cameras to simultaneously expose, and the problems of more accessories, high cost, and inconvenience in installation, debugging and use of equipment of the synchronizer in the prior art can be solved.

The embodiments in the present description are described in a progressive manner, each embodiment focuses on differences from other embodiments, and the same and similar parts among the embodiments are referred to each other. The device disclosed by the embodiment corresponds to the method disclosed by the embodiment, so that the description is simple, and the relevant points can be referred to the method part for description.

The previous description of the disclosed embodiments is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to make or use the present invention. Various modifications to these embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. Thus, the present invention is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.