Table 1 Parameters of a GOBO projection-based 3D sensor that affect the accuracy and completeness of the 3D result

From: GOBO projection for 3D measurements at highest frame rates: a performance analysis

Parameter

Description

Typ. value

Sim. value

≥ 3, \(N \in {\Bbb N}\)

Number of patterns per sequence

8…12

10

ntot = 2k, \(k \in {\Bbb N}\)

Number of strips + number of slits in the GOBO wheel

1200…2000

250…5000

\(\phi _{{\rm{avg}}} = \frac{{360^\circ }}{{n_{{\rm{tot}}}}}\)

Average angle that is covered by one strip or slit

0.18°…0.3°

0.1°…1.5°

\(c = \frac{{\phi _{{\rm{max}}}}}{{\phi _{{\rm{min}}}}} \ge 1\)

Ratio of the maximum and minimum angles that are covered by one strip or slit

2

1…10

P(φ)

Probability distribution of the strip or slit angle φ

Uniform dist.

Uniform dist.

r > 0

Distance of illuminated square’s centre from the GOBO wheel’s centre

20…200 mm

25 mm

a > 0

Width (= height) of the illuminated square on the GOBO wheel

10…100 mm

10 mm

\(\delta = 2\,\arctan \frac{{a/2}}{{r - a/2}}\)

Maximum angle that is covered by the illuminated square

15°…30°

28.1°

0 < n < ntot

Number of illuminated strips + number of illuminated slits

50…150

20…400

σblur ≥ 0

Projector defocusing, which is approximated by Gaussian blur with std. dev. σblur

\(0.2r\tan \frac{{\phi _{{\rm{avg}}}}}{2}\)

0…50 µm

s > 0

Width (= height) of the measurement volume

0.2…2 m

0.3 m

d > 0

Depth of the measurement volume

0.2…1 m

0.3 m

\(v = \frac{s}{d} > 0\)

Ratio of the width s and depth d of the measurement volume

0.5…2

1

\(M = \frac{s}{a} > 0\)

Magnification of the GOBO pattern

10…50

30

w > 0

Working distance (projection centre to measurement volume’s centre)

0.5…4 m

1 m

\(\omega = \frac{\varphi }{T} > 0\)

Rotational speed of the GOBO wheel, which is given by the covered angle ϕ between two images from cameras at frame rate f = T−1

\(0.5\frac{{\phi _{{\rm{avg}}}}}{T} \ldots \frac{{\phi _{{\rm{avg}}}}}{T}\)

\(\frac{{0.001^\circ }}{T} \ldots \frac{{2.5^\circ }}{T}\)

\(0 < e = \frac{{t_{{\rm{exp}}}}}{T} \le 1\)

Ratio of the camera exposure time texp and period T = f−1

0.6…0.95

0.5…1

l > 0

Distance between the two camera centres

0.1…1 m

0.2 m

\(\gamma = 2\,\arctan \frac{{l/2}}{w}\)

Triangulation angle between the optical axes of the cameras

10°…30°

11.42°

α

Horizontal (= vertical) field of view of the cameras

15°…40°

16.2°

A

Camera resolution

0.25…4 Mpx

1 Mpx

b

Camera bit depth

8 bit, 12 bit

8 bit

\(\sigma _e^2\), \(\sigma _d^2\), \(\sigma _q^2\)

Camera noise (shot noise, dark noise, analogue-to-digital conversion)28

0

  1. The grey highlighted cells indicate parameters that we have varied in a simulation. (Parameters ntot and Φavg are implicitly also varied, but depend on n.)