A Novel Fuzzy Controller for Visible-Light Camera Using RBF-ANN: Enhanced Positioning and Autofocusing

Abstract

To obtain high-precision for focal length fitting and improve the visible-light camera autofocusing speed, simultaneously, the backlash caused by gear gaps is eliminated. We propose an improved RBF (Radical Basis Function) adaptive neural network (ANN) FUZZY PID (Proportional Integral Derivative) position closed-loop control algorithm to achieve the precise positioning of zoom and focus lens groups. Thus, the Levenberg–Marquardt iterative algorithm is used to fit the focal length, and the improved area search algorithm is applied to achieve autofocusing and eliminate backlash. In this paper, we initially adopt an improved RBF ANN fuzzy PID control algorithm in the position closed-loop in the visible-light camera position and velocity double closed-loop control system. Second, a similar triangle method is used to calibrate the focal length of the visible-light camera system, and the Levenberg–Marquardt iterative algorithm is used to fit the relation of the zoom potentiometer code values and the focal length to achieve the zoom position closed-loop control. Finally, the improved area search algorithm is used to achieve fast autofocusing and acquire clear images. The experimental results show that the ITAE (integrated time and absolute error) performance index of the improved RBF ANN fuzzy PID control algorithm is improved by more than two orders of magnitude as compared with the traditional fuzzy PID control algorithm, and the settling time is 6.4 s faster than that of the traditional fuzzy PID control. Then, the Levenberg–Marquardt iterative algorithm has a fast convergence speed, and the fitting precision is high. The quintic polynomial fitting results are basically consistent with the sixth-degree polynomial. The fitting accuracy is much better than that of the quadratic polynomial and exponential. Autofocusing requires less than 2 s and is improved by more than double that of the traditional method. The improved area search algorithm can quickly obtain clear images and solve the backlash problem.