Abstract:The fast tunability and reconfigurability are essential for a silicon photonic filter for various application scenarios, such as an optical filter, time delay, and wavelength division multiplexing.In this work, we propose a reconfigurable filter based on a self-coupled micro-ring resonator combined with three optical switches. By controlling the electrodes, the proposed component can be reconfigured into five different structures, including the optical switch, non-balanced Mach-Zehnder Interferometer(MZI) f
Abstract:Shape sensing technology based on optical fibers is a new research direction in the field of optical fiber sensing. In recent years, fiber shape sensors have used several optical fibers with a specific spatial arrangement to measure the position and shape of the fiber or the connected objects. Because it is free from electromagnetic interference, easy to integrate, and has high accuracy in shape measurement, it can be applied to minimally invasive medical interventional catheter position tracking, critical structural shape measurement in the aerospace field, long-distance pipelines, and cable deformation monitoring. This paper discusses the application of fiber shape sensing technology in related fields. It systematically reviews the latest domestic and international research progress on this technology, as well as its key aspects. A detailed introduction is presented, and the major limiting factors and sources of errors in optical fiber shape sensing are summarized.
Abstract:In this work, a two-laser-tracker system was developed, and its measuring and data processing methods were designed to precisely transmit coordinates in a limited space.First, two Leica AT402 laser trackers were modified, and two target seats were respectively installed on their handles to place spherical prisms. Thereafter, the height difference between the adapter center and instrument center was precisely calibrated as vertical eccentricity. Furthermore, the two laser trackers set up survey stations and
Abstract:To realize the rapid and accurate measurement of a ball nut profile, a laser measurement method is proposed, and a measuring device is designed.First, a device to measure the nut profile is constructed based on the principle of a point laser reflected by a right-angle prism scanning along the axial direction. According to the mathematical model of raceway, a new data processing method of axial normal transformation is proposed. Furthermore, the translation and rotation errors of the right-angle prism, laser offset errors, and inclined laser errors are analyzed and calibrated. Finally, the outline of a standard steel ball and circular groove are measured by the designed frock, and the nut profile ismeasured.After error calibration, the measurement error of the point-laser scanning arc contour is less than 3.1 μm, and the standard deviation is less than 2.2 μm. The scanning image of the nut raceway is complete and useful, which meets the measurement requirements of the nut raceway profile.
Abstract:To establish an effective and nondestructive subsurface defects detection technology, the fluorescence image technique of optics subsurface defect was studied. A small-aperture fluorescent defect-detection prototype was developed by systematically optimizing various parameters such as the excitation wavelength, imaging spectrum, imaging light path, and the detector. Based on the prototype, the surface and subsurface fluorescence defects of the finishing processing of fused silica and diamond fly-cutting pro
Abstract:Reciprocating progressive scanning can improve the imaging speed and data utilization of confocal laser endomicroscopy.However, this scanning method can also create image distortion and dislocation, which affects the imaging quality of the system. In this study, the sampling time function during the anisochronous sampling process is deduced based on the movement rule of the galvanometric resonance scanner, and the horizontal distortion caused by speed changes in the galvanometric scanner is corrected. Moreo
Abstract:Photoacoustic imaging is an emerging medical imaging technique combining the high contrast of optical imaging and the superior penetration depth of ultrasound imaging. It can provide detailed three-dimensional images of the feeding vessels of tumors, which is essential for the early diagnosis of cancer. In this study, we developed a transmissive coaxial photoacoustic digestive tract endoscopic imaging system using internal optical illumination and external ultrasonic detection. The phantom imaging results i
Airflow disturbance can cause a change in the air refractive index, which will introduce an unknown wavefront measurement error, especially for largeaperture, longfocus optical systems. To suppress this effect, this paper proposes an indoor temperature field control method based on Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). First, the cause of the wavefront detection error induced by air disturbance is analyzed, and the feasibility of improving the uniformity of indoor temperature field and restraining the influence of air disturbance using active air supply is expounded based on hydrodynamics theory. Secondly, an indoor temperature field control method using fan array for active air supply is proposed through simulation modeling, which considers the composition of the selfcollimation optical path of an offaxis ThreeMirror Anastigmatic (TMA) telescope (diameter of 500 mm, focal length of 6 000 mm) and the environmental conditions. Finally, the actual optical measurement data before and after temperature field control are compared to verify the effectiveness of the proposed method. The results show that the standard deviation among the seven groups of aberration coefficient measurements (mean values of multiple measurements over a period of time) decreased from 0.034λ to 0.005λ(λ=632.8 nm). The proposed method can effectively suppress the influence of airflow disturbance, which has certain reference significance for improving the optical detection accuracy of largeaperture longfocus optical systems under nonvacuum conditions.
Abstract:Airflow disturbance can cause a change in the air refractive index, which will introduce an unknown wavefront measurement error, especially for large-aperture, long-focus optical systems. To suppress this effect, this paper proposes an indoor temperature field control method based on Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). First, the cause of the wavefront detection error induced by air disturbance is analyzed, and the feasibility of improving the uniformity of indoor temperature field and restraining the influ
Keywords:optical system;wavefront detection;airflow disturbance;computational fluid dynamics;temperature field control
Abstract:For a Fast-Steering Mirror (FSM) driven by Voice Coil Motors (VCMs), the coil of the VCM touches the stator as the FSM achieves a broad range of motion. A novel FSM was developed to prevent the occurrence of undesired contact between the coil and stator. A compliant decoupling mechanism was designed to minimize the transverse displacement of the coil of the VCM. Moreover, for the FSM with a broad range of motion, the force-displacement relationship was nonlinear, which resulted in variable resonant frequenc
Keywords:fast steering mirror;voice coil motor;compliant mechanism;broad range of motion;notch filter
Abstract:In order to predict online the subsurface damage depth of the specimen induced in grinding of hard-brittle material, a theoretical relationship between the cutting force of the diamond tool and the subsurface crack depth of the specimen was established. This relationship was based on the statistical analysis of abrasive height using probability and statistics. First, based on the indentation fracture mechanics of the hard-brittle materials, the intrinsic association between the propagation depth of the medi
Keywords:subsurface damage depth;median crack;online prediction;probability and statistics;BK7 glass
Abstract:To achieve rapid, low-cost, and high-throughput detection of bacteria, an array flexible paper-based Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering(SERS) detection chip was designed and fabricated. First, silver sol was prepared, and then the isolation area and the array detection area were constructed on paper base using the hydrophobicity of laser printing and carbon powder. Given the hydrophobic property of carbon powder, silver sol droplets were confined to the detection area. At a certain temperature, the silver so
Abstract:In order to improve the accuracy of the 2RPU/UPR+RP over-constrained hybrid robot in practical application and meet the requirements of production practice, the error compensation research of the robot was carried out. Firstly, the motion principle of the over-constrained hybrid robot was introduced. Then, the geometric error sources that affect the end precision of the hybrid robot were analyzed, and the zero calibration and full calibration method for improving the accuracy of the hybrid robot were introd
Abstract:In order to predict the temperature rise of the high speed motor in a Magnetically Suspended Control Moment Gyroscope(MSCMG) more accurately, it is necessary to calculate the eddy current loss of the motor winding and conduct thermal analysis of the MSCMG. In this paper, the maximum angular momentum of 200 N·m·s, rated speed of 12 000 r/min MSCMG was taken as the research object. Firstly, the principle of eddy current generation was analyzed. By combining analytical method and finite element method, the edd
Keywords:magnetically suspended control moment gyroscope;permanent magnet brushless dc motor;loss calculation;thermal field analysis;finite element analysis
Abstract:Considering the problem that the contact measurement influenced structure characteristics and the PID control parameter setting were not ideal in the vibration active control system, the machine vision technology was used to measure the vibration of the structure, and the vibration control was carried out with the PID optimized by artificial fish swarm algorithm. Rigid and flexible double-joint mechanical arm was selected as the research object. Firstly, the experimental platform was set up and the orthogon
Keywords:flexible manipulator;machine vision;PID control;artificial fish swarm algorithm
Abstract:Aiming at the difficulty of real-time control of 6-DOF redundantly actuated parallel mechanism, the coordinated relation of displacement input was studied for Stewart derivative topological configuration with analytical positive solution. Six low-coupling driving modes with different redundancy were realized by designing double composite spherical pair and convertible master-slave output prismatic pair. According to the scale constraints between the four positions on the moving platform, a forward kinematic
,XU Yun dou WANG Chao,ZHAO Chun lin,YANG Fan,YAO Jian tao,ZHAO Yong sheng
Vol. 28, Issue 1, Pages: 119-129(2020)
Abstract:In order to improve the accuracy of the 2RPU/UPR+RP over-constrained hybrid robot in practical application and meet the requirements of production practice, the error compensation research of the robot is carried out. Firstly, the motion principle of the over-constrained hybrid robot is introduced. Then the geometric error sources that affect the end precision of the hybrid robot are analyzed, and the zero calibration and full calibration method for improving the accuracy of the hybrid robot are introduced. The hybrid robot is divided into two parts: the parallel mechanism and the swing head with single-degree-of-freedom. Theoretical research on zero calibration and full calibration are conducted on these two parts respectively. Then the calibration experiment system is built up based on the laser tracker, and true values of error parameters are obtained by using genetic algorithm after calibration, which are compensated to the kinematics algorithm. As a result, the positioning accuracy of the robot is greatly improved, which indicates that the proposed full calibration and zero calibration method based on genetic algorithm can effectively improve the positioning accuracy of the hybrid robot.
Aiming at the difficulty of real time control of 6 DOF redundantly actuated parallel mechanism, the coordinated relation of displacement input was studied for Stewart derivative topological configuration with analytical positive solution. Six lowcoupling driving modes with different redundancy were realized by designing double composite spherical pair and convertible masterslave output prismatic pair. According to the scale constraints between the four positions on the moving platform, a forward kinematics algorithm with whole analytical solutions was constructed, and the correctness of the forward displacement solution model was verified. Six compatibility equations of displacement input were derived and simplified. The numerical solutions of the compatibility equations were obtained by using Newton Raphson method and Broyden method respectively. The comparison results show that the computing time of Broyden method is about 78% of that of Newton Raphson method and the accuracy of Newton Raphson method is at least three times higher than that of Broyden method. The influence of various driving modes on the redundant coordination algorithm was studied from two aspects of admissible initial deviations and structural parameters. The results show that the redundant coordination algorithm has larger admissible initial deviations with the increase of the side length of the moving platform and the decrease of the initial length of the prismatic pair. Furthermore, introducing and defining the perturbation adaptive performance evaluation index based on interval analysis theory, the optimal redundancy of the mechanism is calculated to be 5 and the comprehensive perturbation adaptive performace of Broyden method is 1.27 times better than Newton Raphson method. Finally, combined with the numerical performance, the three selection principles for the driving mode optimization of the Stewart derivative parallel mechanism is given. The research scheme can provide reference for structure model optimization and real time control of 6DOF redundantly actuated parallel mechanism.
Abstract:At present, a new type of cloud track has emerged in China. Cloud track has the advantages of low cost, low energy consumption and short construction period. This new type of cloud track requires precise positioning of track detection. In order to eliminate the position error of cloud track detection, a new type of track detection vehicle was designed, and a new SIN-GPS positioning algorithm based on double-layer bidirectional LSTM network was developed. Firstly, the construction and sensor parameters of th
Keywords:Strapdown Inertial Navigation System(SINS)/Global Positioning System(GPS) integration;(Global Positioning System)GPS outages;(Long Short Term Memory)LSTM;neural network
Abstract:Medical ultrasound image is an important basis for doctors to diagnose human tissue lesions. The speckle noise inherent in medical ultrasound images is easy to cause the destruction of texture information, which affects the doctor′s judgment on tissues and organs. Therefore, the denoising process of medical ultrasonic images has attracted much attention. In view of the limitation that the current medical ultrasound image denoising algorithm cannot maintain image texture, a fractional differential weighted g
Abstract:Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) has the characteristics of fast imaging speed and high resolution. It is widely used in the diagnosis of ophthalmic disease. In order to quickly obtain the depth information of the designated surgical area in ophthalmic surgery, this paper proposes a method of applying OCT to ophthalmic surgery navigation. Based on the swept-frequency OCT system, and the real-time observation is performed by a dichroic mirror combined with a CCD camera, and the coordinates of the scanning
Abstract:In order to alleviate the pressure of subsequent data acquisition and processing systems caused by high data volume in Frequency Domain Optical Coherence Tomography (FD-OCT), and to address the contradiction between imaging time and imaging quality, we introduced compressed sensing technology and focus on the reconstruction algorithm in this technology. First, we analyzed the framework of the compressed sensing technology, the frequency domain OCT image was sparsely represented by Discrete Cosine Transform.
Abstract:The traditional segmentation algorithms for straw coverage detection basing on thresholds or texture features were difficult to get rid of the disadvantages of low accuracy, high complexity and time-consuming, and the effect of segmentation on complex farmland scenes containing a lot of interference factors was not good. Therefore, this paper proposed a semantic segmentation algorithm (DSRA-UNet) with high accuracy, a small mount of training parameters and high running speed. Combined with UNet's symmetric
Abstract: 3D positioning of physical body points plays an important role in machine vision applications involving feature extractions, pattern recognition, geometrical measurement and motion analysis. To cover a wide detection and mitigate the influence of occlusion some multiple view technique for positioning is adopted, a technique that is generally fulfilled using expensive instruments and specialized software and thus its applications are restricted in terms of number of points that can be positioned simultaneously, ability for user programming and affordability. With both complete algorithm and procedure, this paper propose a DLT(Direct Linear Transformation)-based method for 3D positioning of object point in the world coordinate frame via multiple view geometry, applicable to multiple view provided by either a single camera moving into different positions for still scene positioning, or by multiple cameras for a dynamic positioning application. Method:This method consists of 2 main steps, i.e. a DLT-based camera calibration and a 3D coordinates reconstruction (positioning) with the camera parameters obtained in calibration. In the calibration step, a minimum of 6 control points, not co-planar but with known world coordinates, are set up and linear equations are formulated modeling relationship between world frame coordinates of these control points and their relevant image points’ position in the camera coordinate frame, and equations then are solved via least squares method for best linear estimation of the camera parameters in the form of a series of L intermediary parameters. In the positioning step, the concept of finding intersection point of multiple spatial ray - each ray emanating form the corresponding camera’s optical center and the image point corresponding to the same physical point – is used to formulate equations for the 3D positioning, which than are solved also via the linear least square method with the obtained L parameters. Still scene physical point positioning tests of 10 control points and 20 test points are conducted on a field leveler machine platform, where the scene is captured by one camera in 3 different positions and true reference positions of the test points provided by a total station. Result: Results show that the average absolute error of the coordinates measured in the X, Y and Z directions is 4.19mm, 3.97mm, 3.69mm, and the spatial relative distance error is 0.81%, thus satisfying the needs of general geometrical measurement. Conclusion: The method proposed can measure static and dynamic 3D world coordinates for multiple physical points, though higher via a more complicated DLT-based calibration procedure for the additional cameras’ distortion parameters.
Keywords:Direct Linear Transformation(DLT);multiple view geometry;camera calibration;3D positioning;machine vision
Abstract:3D positioning of physical body points plays an important role in machine vision applications involving feature extractions, pattern recognition, geometrical measurement and motion analysis. To cover a wide detection and mitigate the influence of occlusion some multiple view technique for positioning is adopted, a technique that is generally fulfilled using expensive instruments and specialized software and thus its applications are restricted in terms of number of points that can be positioned simultaneous
Keywords:Direct Linear Transformation(DLT);multiple view geometry;camera calibration;3D positioning;machine vision
Abstract:Aiming at the difficulty of multi-scale detection of ship targets in infrared polarization images under complex interference conditions of sea-sky scene, a ship target detection method was proposed based on guided filtering and adaptive scale local contrast method. First, by using the intensity information as the guiding information to guide and filter the infrared polarization image obtained the fusion image with higher local contrast and local signal-to-clutter ratio. Then, based on the vertical gradient
Keywords:infrared polarization;guided filtering;sea-sky line weighting;adaptive scale local contrast;ship target detection
Abstract:Aiming at the problem of camera drift and low-quality reconstruction caused by accumulated errors in pose estimation for large-scale reconstruction, we proposed a method to reduce accumulated errors. First, based on the model fused by the latest K depth and color images, the geometric and photometric error of the input RGB-D image were minimized to track the camera. Then, if the distance between the camera position and the subvolume center was more than a given threshold, the subvolume was shifted by multip
Abstract:To remove the Poisson noise from the X-ray images, in this paper, it was proposed that noise was reduced by using Nonlinear Principal Component Analysis (NLPCA) from the X-ray image sequence. At first, an X-ray image sequence was sampled and the Poisson noise in images was converted into Gaussian noise through Anscombe transform; every noisy image was regarded as a combination of the noise components and the signal component, and then NLPCA was used to separate the signal component from the noise components to reduce noise; the final denoised image was obtained by using Anscombe inverse transform. The results show that, when the number of noisy images in the sequence increases from 2 to 50, the proposed denoising method increases the noisy Shepp-Logan image's PSNR value from 28.289 4 dB to 37.267 8 dB and increases the SSIM value from 0.700 7 to 0.963 8. Compared with other denoising methods, the proposed denoising method can preserve more image details while reducing the Poisson noise.
Keywords:X-ray image;poisson noise;anscombe transform;nonlinear principal component analysis;blind source separation
Abstract:In the three-dimensional (3D) precision measurement of large component, the detection accuracy of cooperative targets is low due to complex structure of large components and various measurement environment. To solve this problem, a multi-type cooperative target detection method using improved YOLOv2 convolutional neural network was proposed. Firstly, the data augmentation method combined with WGAN-GP was employed to amplify the number of cooperative target images. Secondly, the convolutional layer dense con