Precise measurement for 3D laser scanner with large range

Abstract

Abstract High precision and large measurement range are the target of any one three-dimensional scanner. For a laser scanner, measurement precision depends on its calibration results, i.e. determining mathematical expression of the light plane in camera coordinate system. However, as calibration results are locally optimal solutions, high precise measurement in a large range is difficult. In this paper, we give a precise measurement method and the corresponding calibration procedure for a laser scanner with a large measurement range. With the help of a linear translation stage and a planar target, functions which gives the relationship between center point of the laser stripe and the perpendicular/ horizontal distance are obtained. Once image of light stripe is captured, we can get a precise measurement result from the normalized feature points. Compared with a traditional measurement method, distortion compensation is not necessary and precision of measurement is improved significantly. Experiments show that root mean square error of measurement results according to our proposed method is reduced by 64.67% related to the traditional method.