Acta Geodaetica et Cartographica Sinica ›› 2024, Vol. 53 ›› Issue (9): 1663-1670.doi: 10.11947/j.AGCS.2024.20240075

• Precision Engineering Survey •    

Global registration method for multi-station point clouds based on the bundle adjustment method

Qingzhou MAO1(), Mengxuan XIA1(), Qingquan LI2, Jing ZHU1, Tingli FAN1   

  1. 1.School of Remote Sensing and Information Engineering, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China
    2.Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Spatial Smart Sensing and Services, College of Civil Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
  • Received:2024-02-23 Published:2024-10-16
  • Contact: Mengxuan XIA E-mail:qzhmao@whu.edu.cn;2019286190095@whu.edu.cn
  • About author:MAO Qingzhou (1977—), male, PhD, professor, majors in high-precision laser measurement, intelligent processing of point cloud, et al. E-mail: qzhmao@whu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    The National Key Research and Development Program of China(2023YFC3009400)

Abstract:

In the extraction of parallelism and warping data for large-scale, high-density ice-making pipes, issues such as low detection accuracy and incomplete data coverage are prevalent. This paper proposes a method based on bundle adjustment for regional networks, utilizing a 3D laser acquisition approach with multi-prism target spheres. The target sphere centers are extracted using a radius-constrained random sample consensus (RANSAC) sphere fitting method. By applying coordinate transformations between the absolute coordinates of the station point cloud origins, the relative coordinates of the target centers, and the absolute coordinates of the target centers, a global solution for the positions and orientations of all stations is achieved using bundle adjustment. The method was validated using scan data from the National Speed Skating Oval. The results show that after point cloud matching, the internal consistency accuracy is 2.6 mm, and the external consistency accuracy is 1.9 mm, demonstrating higher acquisition accuracy compared to existing methods.

Key words: 3D laser scanning, target sphere prism, beam legalization, ice making pipes, the National Speed Skating Oval

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