Author Affiliations
1Hubei Key Laboratory of Optical Information and Pattern Recognition, Wuhan 430205, China2Hubei Engineering Technology Research Center of Video Image and HD Projection, Wuhan 430205, China3School of Mechanical & Electrical Engineering, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430205, China4Institute for Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, Chinashow less
Fig. 1. Ore transportation image on site
Fig. 2. Spectral intensity of solar radiation
Fig. 3. Schematic diagram of infrared structured light ore image acquisition system
Fig. 4. Ore images of visible and infrared structured light under different illumination conditions. (a) Green line laser (no direct sunlight); (b) Infrared laser (no direct sunlight); (c) Green line laser (strong light); (d) Infrared laser (strong light)
Fig. 5. Ideal gray distribution of line structured light cross section. (a) Ideal Gaussian distribution; (b) Flattened Gaussian distribution
Fig. 6. Gray distribution of visible and infrared structure cross section under different light environment. (a) Green line laser (no direct sunlight); (b) Infrared laser (no direct sunlight); (c) Green line laser (strong light); (d) Infrared laser (strong light)
Fig. 7. Schematic diagram of sliding differential template. (a) Backward; (b) Forward
Fig. 8. Forward cumulative difference
Fig. 9. Measurement of gauge block. (a) Schematic diagram of gauge block projection line; (b) Schematic diagram of height formation
Fig. 10. Extraction result of different method. (a) Gauss method; (b) Steger method; (c) Proposed method
Fig. 11. Results of local center line deviation. (a) Gauss method; (b) Steger method; (c) Proposed method
Fig. 12. Endpoint centerline bifurcation by Steger method
Fig. 13. Enlarged result in the yellow box in Fig.12. (a) Box A; (b) Box B; (c) Box C; (d) Box D
Fig. 14. 3D point cloud display and screening results of ore
Column 761 | m=3
| m=5
| m=7
| m=11
| Center point coordinates | 296.6066 | 296.6066 | 296.6308 | 296.6308 |
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Table 1. Coordinates of the center point with different values of m (Unit: pixel)
Gauge block | Standard block size | Proposed method | Measurement errors | H1 | 100.023 | 99.979 | −0.044 | H2 | 70.031 | 69.997 | −0.034 | H3 | 39.998 | 40.029 | +0.031 |
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Table 2. Height measurement results of the gauge block with proposed method (Unit: mm)
Method/result | R2 | Off-line time/ms | Gauss fitting | 0.9560 | 20.8 | Steger | 0.9526 | 28.6 | Proposed | 0.9658 | 4.9 |
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Table 3. Comparison of off-line structured light centerline extraction results
Screening method | Infrared structured light 3D vision | Artificial vision | 2D image processing[2-3] | Light environment | Complex lighting | Distinguish and clearly | Moderate light | Screening efficiency | 1-2 m/s | Inefficiency | About 0.4 m/s | Accuracy | High | Low | Instable | Automation degree | 100% | Artificial | Semi-automatic | Security | Security | Unsafe | Security |
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Table 4. Comprehensive comparison of online ore screening methods