Calibration method of 1D laser rangefinder for large-scale 3D measurement under harsh environment

Abstract

Vision measurement has encountered the bottlenecks in capturing and processing the images of laser spots under harsh working environment of strong sunshine and complex background. Breaking through the camera calibration, we propose that the corresponding relationship between pixel coordinates of laser spots, but not the camera, and measurement distances generated from laser rangefinder is directly calibrated under good working environment. The pixel coordinates of laser spots can be obtained from the calibration model and measurement distances during practical measurement. The imaging of laser spots by camera is no longer needed. Experimental results demonstrate that the measurement errors are in the millimeter level within 20 m distance outdoors.