Adaptive High-Precision 3D Reconstruction of Highly Reflective Mechanical Parts Based on Optimization of Exposure Time and Projection Intensity

This article is used to reconstruct mechanical parts with highly reflective surfaces. Three-dimensional reconstruction based on Phase Measuring Profilometry (PMP) is a key technology in non-contact optical measurement and is widely applied in the intelligent inspection of mechanical components. Due...

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Main Authors: Ci He, Rong Lai, Jin Sun, Kazuhiro Izui, Zili Wang, Xiaojian Liu, Shuyou Zhang
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author Ci He
Rong Lai
Jin Sun
Kazuhiro Izui
Zili Wang
Xiaojian Liu
Shuyou Zhang
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Rong Lai
Jin Sun
Kazuhiro Izui
Zili Wang
Xiaojian Liu
Shuyou Zhang
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description This article is used to reconstruct mechanical parts with highly reflective surfaces. Three-dimensional reconstruction based on Phase Measuring Profilometry (PMP) is a key technology in non-contact optical measurement and is widely applied in the intelligent inspection of mechanical components. Due to the high reflectivity of metallic parts, direct utilization of the captured high-dynamic-range images often results in significant information loss in the oversaturated areas and excessive noise in the dark regions, leading to geometric defects and reduced accuracy in the reconstructed point clouds. Many image-fusion-based solutions have been proposed to solve these problems. However, unknown geometric structures and reflection characteristics of mechanical parts lead to the lack of effective guidance for the design of important imaging parameters. Therefore, an adaptive high-precision 3D reconstruction method of highly reflective mechanical parts based on optimization of exposure time and projection intensity is proposed in this article. The projection intensity is optimized to adapt the captured images to the linear dynamic range of the hardware. Image sequence under the obtained optimal intensities is fused using an integration of Genetic Algorithm and Stochastic Adam optimizer to maximize the image information entropy. Then, histogram-based analysis is employed to segment regions with similar reflective properties and determine the optimal exposure time. Experimental validation was carried out on three sets of typical mechanical components with diverse geometric characteristics and varying complexity. Compared with both non-saturated single-exposure techniques and conventional image fusion methods employing fixed attenuation steps, the proposed method reduced the average whisker range of reconstruction error by 51.18% and 25.09%, and decreased the median error by 42.48% and 25.42%, respectively. These experimental results verified the effectiveness and precision performance of the proposed method.
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spelling doaj-art-5d74724a5eae498889331b57e9f0819a2025-08-20T03:47:59ZengMDPI AGJournal of Imaging2313-433X2025-05-0111514910.3390/jimaging11050149Adaptive High-Precision 3D Reconstruction of Highly Reflective Mechanical Parts Based on Optimization of Exposure Time and Projection IntensityCi He0Rong Lai1Jin Sun2Kazuhiro Izui3Zili Wang4Xiaojian Liu5Shuyou Zhang6School of Mechanical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225127, ChinaSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225127, ChinaSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225127, ChinaDepartment of Precision Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto 615-8540, JapanSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, ChinaSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, ChinaSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, ChinaThis article is used to reconstruct mechanical parts with highly reflective surfaces. Three-dimensional reconstruction based on Phase Measuring Profilometry (PMP) is a key technology in non-contact optical measurement and is widely applied in the intelligent inspection of mechanical components. Due to the high reflectivity of metallic parts, direct utilization of the captured high-dynamic-range images often results in significant information loss in the oversaturated areas and excessive noise in the dark regions, leading to geometric defects and reduced accuracy in the reconstructed point clouds. Many image-fusion-based solutions have been proposed to solve these problems. However, unknown geometric structures and reflection characteristics of mechanical parts lead to the lack of effective guidance for the design of important imaging parameters. Therefore, an adaptive high-precision 3D reconstruction method of highly reflective mechanical parts based on optimization of exposure time and projection intensity is proposed in this article. The projection intensity is optimized to adapt the captured images to the linear dynamic range of the hardware. Image sequence under the obtained optimal intensities is fused using an integration of Genetic Algorithm and Stochastic Adam optimizer to maximize the image information entropy. Then, histogram-based analysis is employed to segment regions with similar reflective properties and determine the optimal exposure time. Experimental validation was carried out on three sets of typical mechanical components with diverse geometric characteristics and varying complexity. Compared with both non-saturated single-exposure techniques and conventional image fusion methods employing fixed attenuation steps, the proposed method reduced the average whisker range of reconstruction error by 51.18% and 25.09%, and decreased the median error by 42.48% and 25.42%, respectively. These experimental results verified the effectiveness and precision performance of the proposed method.https://www.mdpi.com/2313-433X/11/5/1493D reconstructionhighly reflective mechanical partsmulti exposureimage fusionmachine vision
spellingShingle Ci He
Rong Lai
Jin Sun
Kazuhiro Izui
Zili Wang
Xiaojian Liu
Shuyou Zhang
Adaptive High-Precision 3D Reconstruction of Highly Reflective Mechanical Parts Based on Optimization of Exposure Time and Projection Intensity
Journal of Imaging
3D reconstruction
highly reflective mechanical parts
multi exposure
image fusion
machine vision
title Adaptive High-Precision 3D Reconstruction of Highly Reflective Mechanical Parts Based on Optimization of Exposure Time and Projection Intensity
title_full Adaptive High-Precision 3D Reconstruction of Highly Reflective Mechanical Parts Based on Optimization of Exposure Time and Projection Intensity
title_fullStr Adaptive High-Precision 3D Reconstruction of Highly Reflective Mechanical Parts Based on Optimization of Exposure Time and Projection Intensity
title_full_unstemmed Adaptive High-Precision 3D Reconstruction of Highly Reflective Mechanical Parts Based on Optimization of Exposure Time and Projection Intensity
title_short Adaptive High-Precision 3D Reconstruction of Highly Reflective Mechanical Parts Based on Optimization of Exposure Time and Projection Intensity
title_sort adaptive high precision 3d reconstruction of highly reflective mechanical parts based on optimization of exposure time and projection intensity
topic 3D reconstruction
highly reflective mechanical parts
multi exposure
image fusion
machine vision
url https://www.mdpi.com/2313-433X/11/5/149
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