WO1998056543A1 - Procede et dispositif de prises de vues spheriques pour la realisation d'une matrice d'images 3d d'un objet - Google Patents
Procede et dispositif de prises de vues spheriques pour la realisation d'une matrice d'images 3d d'un objet Download PDFInfo
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- G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
- G03B—APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR
- G03B37/00—Panoramic or wide-screen photography; Photographing extended surfaces, e.g. for surveying; Photographing internal surfaces, e.g. of pipe
- G03B37/04—Panoramic or wide-screen photography; Photographing extended surfaces, e.g. for surveying; Photographing internal surfaces, e.g. of pipe with cameras or projectors providing touching or overlapping fields of view
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- the invention relates to a spherical method and device for taking a succession of digital images around an object, in order to allow, subsequently, a three-dimensional observation of this object, by computer. It allows, in particular, the production of this digital film representing the object in rotation around its center of rotation.
- a spherical shooting system is represented on the commercial brochure of the company PEACE RIVER STUDIOS, in Cambridge, USA.
- This system comprises an arch consisting of a horizontal arm carrying a camera and mounts on two levers pivoting around a common axis. In the center of this arch, the object whose images are to be sought is positioned on a foot rotating around a vertical axis.
- a computer system controls the arch and the camera.
- the arch ensures a rotational movement of the camera around the object and the camera takes several shots of the object during this ⁇ ⁇ O IB £ B ⁇ * O 98/56543
- a first drawback of this system lies in the adjustment of the horizontal arm on which the camera is fixed. Indeed, the adjustment of the arm is made from two levers whose movement is relatively irregular, which leads to an imprecise adjustment, which is however difficult and long to implement. Thus, the size of the spherical trajectory that one seeks to carry around the object is difficult to adjust.
- the second drawback of this system lies in the lighting. Indeed, the lighting of the object, for the shots, is associated with the camera, that is to say that it varies when the latter moves, which can create different shadows depending displacement of the camera as well as shadows due to the arch itself.
- the camera-object distance must be adjusted manually before taking pictures, which is long and tedious to implement and does not allow any possible adaptation depending on the size of the object.
- the variation of the size of the object on the image is done by means of a telephoto lens, which leads, as the skilled person knows, to images whose perspectives are modified.
- This system also has the disadvantage of requiring a very large volume reserved for its operation. Indeed, the arch moving as a whole around the object, it is necessary to have around said object a volume twice as large as the size of the levers of the arch. Furthermore, the large size of this system makes it difficult to transport. Also, the company PEACE RIVER STUDIOS has produced a transportable system, in which the camera-ob distance is not adjustable and the results of which are even less precise.
- the invention aims to remedy the drawbacks of the system described above. To this end, it proposes a process and a device for taking spherical shots making it possible to produce a succession of precise images which can form a film showing the object in rotation around its center of rotation, to enable this object to be viewed later. . 8/56543
- the invention relates to a spherical shooting method for producing a 3D image matrix of an object.
- This method is characterized in that it consists in: a) analyzing, with respect to a virtual center of rotation, the positioning of an articulated arm carrying a means of taking pictures; and center, by image analysis, the object as a function of its center of rotation; b) positioning the object, according to a reference position, on a rotary support around a vertical axis; c) positioning a means of taking said shots according to a first position on a predefined spherical base trajectory around the object; d) taking a first shot of the object; e) move the object in a rotating step and take a new picture of the object; f) repeat step e) until the object has returned to its reference position; g) move the photographing means one step along its path and take a photograph of the object; h) repeating steps c) a h) until the photographic means has traveled its entire predefined trajectory.
- the method of the invention firstly consists of a step a1) of initialization and storage which comprises the following operations: 8/56543
- definition of the parameters of the space in which the articulated arm is located definition of the shooting parameters; - definition of the trajectory of the camera around the object and the number of shots.
- the method comprises a step a3) of:
- the method of the invention consists of a step j) of processing the shots obtained in steps b) to h) to produce a matrix of 3D images.
- This process has the advantage of offering a displacement of the axes of the fully programmed articulated arm, which makes it possible to obtain images always well framed and, consequently, a fluid film.
- trajectory that the articulated arm must perform is redefined and possibly modified for each object to be captured (to be imaged), which allows the capture of all kinds of objects, whatever their size (for example, a motor vehicle or insect).
- each scenario is memorized (we call "scenario", the set of circumstances relating to the taking of pictures of an object: chosen trajectory, defined parameters, etc.). Later, these memorized scenarios can be searched in memory by the user for a new object to capture whose shape resembles that of an object already captured (put in images). Each stored scenario can be modified by the user; this modified scenario is again memorized by the system.
- the invention also relates to a spherical shooting system implementing the method described above.
- This system comprises: - a support on which the object is positioned and which is capable of rotating about a vertical axis, so as to subject said object to rotation in a no ⁇ zontal plane;
- Control and processing means ensuring the control and synchronization of the articulated arm, of the shooting means and of the object support, and the processing of the images produced by the shooting means.
- the articulated arm comprises at least two segments hinged together, along two horizontal axes parallel to one another.
- the articulated arm is mounted on a vertical support, movable around a vertical axis.
- the articulated arm is mounted on a mobile carriage.
- the object support is mounted on a displacement table.
- This system has the advantage of being relatively compact, which allows it to be transportable on site to produce the image matrices at the place where the objects are located in the case, for example, of fragile objects. or bulky, or precious objects, or in the case of a large quantity of objects to be captured.
- This system has, moreover, an advantage in that the means of taking pictures (for example, a video camera) is free at the end of the articulated arm, and can thus be located anywhere around the object, within the limit of course of the radius proposed by the articulated arm.
- FIG. 2 shows schematically the functional diagram showing the different steps of the method of the invention.
- FIG. 1 there is shown the spherical shooting system according to the invention.
- This system comprises an articulated arm 1 comprising two segments 1a and 1b.
- This articulated arm 1 may include other segments, according to the embodiments.
- a means of taking pictures which can be, for example, a video camera 2.
- This camera 2 is fixed at the end of the articulated oras by means of an axis of rotation le.
- the entire articulated arm 1 is fixed on a support 3 by means of a first axis of rotation le.
- a second axis of rotation Id allows rotation between the segment la and the segment 1b of the articulated arm.
- the support 3 of the articulated arm 1 is a carriage provided with a base 3a on la ⁇ uelle is fixed segment 1b of the articulated oras.
- This base 3a is itself fixed to the chassis 3b of the variable part.
- the articulated arm 1 can be fixed, by means of an axis of rotation, on a vertical support, such as a fit, which can itself be movable around its vertical axis.
- FIG. 1 a single video camera 2 is shown.
- the articulated arm 1 can carry two video cameras which make it possible to give certain effects to the images.
- the articulated arm / cart / camera assembly is controlled from a computer system 4 which includes an interface allowing the user to choose, at each step, an automatic mode or a manual mode which will be described below.
- the object that we are seeking to capture bears the reference 6.
- this object is a doll.
- This object being relatively small in size, it is positioned on a vertical support 5a which is movable around its axis, in order to allow the object 6 to rotate in a horizontal plane.
- this support 5a is placed on a displacement table 5b which makes it possible to move the support assembly 5a / ob and 6 in the horizontal and / or vertical plane, in particular to center the object relative to the video camera 2, as we will see it later.
- the object 6 is relatively small in size; it is therefore placed on a mobile support.
- the object to be captured is of larger size, for example a motor vehicle, it can be placed either on a turntable or directly on the ground.
- the path of the camera 2 around the object is shown in dashed lines, in the particular case of a small object 6 placed on the support 5a.
- this system is relatively compact, when the articulated arm is folded, and that it can therefore be easily transported on site to capture non-transportable objects, for example, because they are fragile, bulky, or precious, or simply because they are in large quantities and it is easier to transport the system than to transport all the objects.
- no lighting has been shown. Indeed, this system can be implemented for all types of lighting customary for one named in the trade. Indeed, the camera 2 being carried only by an articulated arm, the risk of shadows on the object is almost zero.
- the first step a1) concerns the initialization of the system.
- This initialization consists, on the one hand, in giving the computer system / articulated arm assembly, also called a controller, values of parameters and, in particular, parameters relating to the space in which the 'automaton.
- the user provided the controller with values relating to the ceiling height of the room in which it is located, the distance between the different walls and the physical positioning of the controller in this space.
- These parameters allow the PLC to locate itself in the space in which it is located and to define its safety limits.
- This step a1) also consists in initializing the various components of the controller and in the physical search for its reference sensors. It also consists in defining:
- the parameters of capture of the automaton and, in particular: the number of levels, that is to say number of pnotos in height (on the trajectory), the number of photos in circumference, that is to say tell the number of photos of the rotating object, and the choice of capture angles;
- Step a2) of the method consists of a self-analysis of the operational conformity of the automaton according to a virtual center of rotation which can be represented, for example, by a luminous point in space.
- a virtual center of rotation which can be represented, for example, by a luminous point in space.
- This step a2) further comprises an operation of centering this object as a function of its own center of rotation, also called "center-object".
- This centering of the object is carried out, by an analysis of images, from an adjustable target contained in the computer system.
- This positioning, or centering, of the object as a function of its own center of rotation can be carried out either manually by the user, or automatically by the system which then moves the object, thanks to the movement table 5b. This centering of the object is done in three dimensions.
- the user can choose the possibility of carrying out semi-automatic captures, that is to say captures in which the arm does not move until an order is sent to it by the user, this which allows the user to intervene on the object in process ⁇ process.
- capture adjustments namely the definition of the resolution parameters, the positioning of the object, the image adjustments, and the possibility of semi-automatic captures, can be carried out in manual mode. They can also be performed in automatic mode. The choice of mode is made, by the user, as the process advances.
- the shape of the spherical base trajectory may be modified to obtain, for example, an ellipsoidal trajectory, which better corresponds to the elongated shape of certain objects.
- the object support is positioned according to a reference position
- Step c) then consists in positioning the camera according to a first position on the trajectory that it will have to perform.
- a first image of the object is taken (step d).
- step el the object is moved in rotation by one step and an image of the object is taken (step e2).
- step f the system checks, in a step f), whether the object has returned to its reference position or not. If this is not the case, the process resumes from step el). If this is the case, i.e. if the object has returned to its reference position, then the camera is moved by one step on its predefined trajectory (step gl) and a new shooting (step g2) is carried out.
- step h The system then checks, in a step h), whether the trajectory has been completely covered by the camera. If this is not the case, the process is resumed in step e1) of moving the object. If this is the case, that is to say if the camera has taken all the positions initially planned on the predefined trajectory, then a step j) of image processing is carried out.
- This image processing step is conventional and allows a digital film showing the object in space to be produced from the image matrix obtained. All the various operations described for the method of the invention can be carried out, either manually by the user, or automatically. It is the user himself who chooses, as the process proceeds, whether he wishes to work in automatic mode, or in manual mode. This, as well as the possibility of modifying the scenarios proposed by the system, allows great flexibility of the process with, in particular, a change of trajectory easily achievable depending on the object to be captured.
- the learning offered by the system saves considerable time since it allows, when one performs the capture of several objects of generally identical shapes, to resume scenarios already memorized, which avoids the reprogramming of the system.
- this process allows precise determination of the center of rotation of the object, automatically, thanks to the test pattern incorporated in the system.
- the displacement of the articulated arm, entirely programmed, and carried out as a function of the object center makes it possible to obtain images framed in a precise manner and produced in a regular step, hence the obtaining of a film simulating the fluid evolution and regularity of the object in space.
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