• Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Vol. 56, Issue 11, 111503 (2019)
Dahua Li1、2, Hongyu Shen1、2、*, Xiao Yu1、2, Qiang Gao1、2, and Hongwei Wang1、2
Author Affiliations
  • 1 School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China
  • 2 Tianjin Key Laboratory for Control Theory & Applications in Complicated Systems, Tianjin 300384, China;
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    DOI: 10.3788/LOP56.111503 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Dahua Li, Hongyu Shen, Xiao Yu, Qiang Gao, Hongwei Wang. Binocular Ranging Method Using Stereo Matching Based on Improved Census Transform[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2019, 56(11): 111503 Copy Citation Text show less
    Geometric structure of epipolar-line
    Fig. 1. Geometric structure of epipolar-line
    Geometric structure of epipolar-lines for parallel correction
    Fig. 2. Geometric structure of epipolar-lines for parallel correction
    Camera calibration principle
    Fig. 3. Camera calibration principle
    Schematic of hardware system. (a) Side view; (b) top view
    Fig. 4. Schematic of hardware system. (a) Side view; (b) top view
    Stereo correction results
    Fig. 5. Stereo correction results
    Disparity map for stereo matching after row correction. (a) Original image of left camera; (b) disparity map obtained by Census transform; (c) disparity map obtained by improved Census transform
    Fig. 6. Disparity map for stereo matching after row correction. (a) Original image of left camera; (b) disparity map obtained by Census transform; (c) disparity map obtained by improved Census transform
    Actualdistance /mmMeasured distance byimproved Census /mmError for improvedCensus /%Census measuringdistance error /%Accuracyimprovement /%
    400400.840.212.262.05
    500502.650.533.883.35
    600604.980.834.954.12
    700707.141.026.965.94
    800809.521.198.317.12
    900914.041.5610.789.22
    10001019.71.9713.3111.34
    20002064.23.2122.3119.10
    Table 1. Comparison of errors between original Census transform and improved Census transform
    Dahua Li, Hongyu Shen, Xiao Yu, Qiang Gao, Hongwei Wang. Binocular Ranging Method Using Stereo Matching Based on Improved Census Transform[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2019, 56(11): 111503
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