Reduction of background clutter in structured lighting systems
Abstract
Methods for segmenting the reflected light of an illumination source having a characteristic wavelength from background illumination (i.e. clutter) in structured lighting systems can comprise pulsing the light source used to illuminate a scene, pulsing the light source synchronously with the opening of a shutter in an imaging device, estimating the contribution of background clutter by interpolation of images of the scene collected at multiple spectral bands not including the characteristic wavelength and subtracting the estimated background contribution from an image of the scene comprising the wavelength of the light source and, placing a polarizing filter between the imaging device and the scene, where the illumination source can be polarized in the same orientation as the polarizing filter. Apparatus for segmenting the light of an illumination source from background illumination can comprise an illuminator, an image receiver for receiving images of multiple spectral bands, a processor for calculations and interpolations, and a polarizing filter.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1176394
- Patent Number(s):
- 7742640
- Application Number:
- 11/580,572
- Assignee:
- Sandia Corporation
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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G - PHYSICS G06 - COMPUTING G06T - IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS
Citation Formats
Carlson, Jeffrey J., Giles, Michael K., Padilla, Denise D., Davidson, Jr., Patrick A., Novick, David K., and Wilson, Christopher W. Reduction of background clutter in structured lighting systems. United States: N. p., 2010.
Web.
Carlson, Jeffrey J., Giles, Michael K., Padilla, Denise D., Davidson, Jr., Patrick A., Novick, David K., & Wilson, Christopher W. Reduction of background clutter in structured lighting systems. United States.
Carlson, Jeffrey J., Giles, Michael K., Padilla, Denise D., Davidson, Jr., Patrick A., Novick, David K., and Wilson, Christopher W. Tue .
"Reduction of background clutter in structured lighting systems". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1176394.
@article{osti_1176394,
title = {Reduction of background clutter in structured lighting systems},
author = {Carlson, Jeffrey J. and Giles, Michael K. and Padilla, Denise D. and Davidson, Jr., Patrick A. and Novick, David K. and Wilson, Christopher W.},
abstractNote = {Methods for segmenting the reflected light of an illumination source having a characteristic wavelength from background illumination (i.e. clutter) in structured lighting systems can comprise pulsing the light source used to illuminate a scene, pulsing the light source synchronously with the opening of a shutter in an imaging device, estimating the contribution of background clutter by interpolation of images of the scene collected at multiple spectral bands not including the characteristic wavelength and subtracting the estimated background contribution from an image of the scene comprising the wavelength of the light source and, placing a polarizing filter between the imaging device and the scene, where the illumination source can be polarized in the same orientation as the polarizing filter. Apparatus for segmenting the light of an illumination source from background illumination can comprise an illuminator, an image receiver for receiving images of multiple spectral bands, a processor for calculations and interpolations, and a polarizing filter.},
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year = {Tue Jun 22 00:00:00 EDT 2010},
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