A machine vision based non-contact measuring tool for mensuration in industry and manufacturing
Master Thesis
1994
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University of Cape Town
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This thesis report discusses the design, implementation and testing of a non-contact measuring tool based on the principle of stereo photogrammetry. The system uses a pair of CCD video cameras and a frame-grabber in a PC to capture the pair of images this requires. The software on the PC then measures the image co-ordinates of points selected by the user and transforms them into space co-ordinates for the points. The transformation requires knowledge of the relative positions and orientations of the cameras. This is found in a calibration stage from images of a calibration frame. The cameras are mounted on a bar, which guarantees that the relative positions and orientations of the cameras remain invariant within certain limits. This makes the system portable.
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Bibliography: leaf 53.
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Matthews, M. 1994. A machine vision based non-contact measuring tool for mensuration in industry and manufacturing. University of Cape Town.