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http://dx.doi.org/10.9717/kmms.2020.23.10.1229

A Vision Based Pallet Measurement Method by Estimating 3D Direction of A Line Parallel to The Ground  

Kim, Minhwan (School of Computer Science and Engineering, College of Information and Biomedical Engineering, Pusan National University)
Byun, Sungmin (School of Computer Science and Engineering, College of Information and Biomedical Engineering, Pusan National University)
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Journal of Korea Multimedia Society / v.23, no.10, 2020 , pp. 1229-1235 More about this Journal
Abstract
A line parallel to the ground is frequently shown in our daily life, which enables us to guess its direction. Especially, such a guess tends to become clear when a vanishing line of the ground is shown together. In this paper, a vision based pallet measurement method is suggested, which uses a technique for estimating three-dimensional direction of a line parallel to the ground. The technique computes actually a vector heading to intersection of a given imaged line parallel to the ground and the ground vanishing line determined previously on calibrating a measurement camera. Through an experiment of measuring a real commercial pallet with various orientation and distance, we found that the technique could measure the orientation of the pallet correctly and accurately. The technique worked well even though an edge line available on the front plane of a pallet was almost parallel to the ground vanishing line.
Keywords
Line Direction; Line Parallel To Ground; Pallet Measurement; Pallet Engagement; Camera Calibration;
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