IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,669,997
Granted Patent B2
US 11,669,997 · App. 17/330,827 · Granted Jun 6, 2023

Image processing system, image processing method, and storage medium

Inventors: Naoyuki Miyashita (Tokorozawa, JP); Masatoshi Okutomi (Tokyo, JP); Sho Kagami (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: Tokyo Institute of Technology
G06T7/73G06T7/62G06T17/10H04N23/50G06T2207/10068H04N23/555
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Patent No.
US 11,669,997
App. No.
17/330,827
Granted
Jun 6, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image processing system, which estimates a position and a pose of a camera and performs three-dimensional reconstruction processing of an object having a cylindrical shape by using a photographed image acquired by photographing an inside of the object with the camera, includes a processor. The processor estimates a first center axis of the cylindrical shape by using a group of three-dimensional points obtained by reconstructing, in a three-dimensional space, a group of feature points extracted from the photographed image. In addition, the processor performs bundle adjustment for correcting the position and the pose of the camera and the coordinates of the group of three-dimensional points by using a condition for minimizing a total sum of differences between a radius of the cylindrical shape and respective distances from the first center axis to individual three-dimensional points that constitute the group of three-dimensional points.

Claims (17)

1. An image processing system that estimates a position and a pose of a camera and performs three-dimensional reconstruction processing of an object having a cylindrical shape, by using a photographed image acquired by photographing an inside of the object with the camera, the image processing system comprising a processor,

the processor being configured to:

estimate a first center axis of the cylindrical shape by using a group of three-dimensional points obtained by reconstructing, in a three-dimensional space, a group of feature points extracted from the photographed image; and

perform bundle adjustment for correcting the position and the pose of the camera and coordinates of the group of three-dimensional points by using a condition for minimizing a total sum of differences between a radius of the cylindrical shape and respective distances from the first center axis to individual three-dimensional points that constitute the group of three-dimensional points.

2. The image processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

extract, from the group of three-dimensional points, a three-dimensional point whose distance from the first center axis has a difference from the radius, the difference being within a predetermined range, or a three dimensional point whose distance from the first center axis has a difference, the difference being out of the predetermined range; and

determine whether to estimate a second center axis different from the first axis based on at least one of a number of the extracted three-dimensional points or a ratio of the extracted three-dimensional points to the group of three-dimensional points.

3. The image processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the processor detects a conic shape from the group of three-dimensional points, and detects the first center axis from the detected conic shape.

4. The image processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the radius has a value set in advance based on an actual measurement value of the object.

5. The image processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the radius has a value estimated by the processor.

6. An image processing method for estimating a position and a pose of a camera and performing three-dimensional reconstruction processing of an object having a cylindrical shape, by using a photographed image acquired by photographing an inside of the object with the camera, the image processing method comprising:

estimating a first center axis of the cylindrical shape by using a group of three-dimensional points obtained by reconstructing, in a three-dimensional space, a group of feature points extracted from the photographed image; and

correcting the position and the pose of the camera and coordinates of the group of three-dimensional points by using a condition for minimizing a total sum of differences between a radius of the cylindrical shape and respective distances from the first center axis to individual three-dimensional points that constitute the group of three-dimensional points.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores an image processing program for estimating a position and a pose of a camera and performing three-dimensional reconstruction processing of an object having a cylindrical shape, by using a photographed image acquired by photographing an inside of the object with the camera,

the image processing program causing a computer to execute:

estimating a first center axis of the cylindrical shape by using a group of three-dimensional points obtained by reconstructing, in a three-dimensional space, a group of feature points extracted from the photographed image; and

correcting the position and the pose of the camera and coordinates of the group of three-dimensional points by using a condition for minimizing a total sum of differences between a radius of the cylindrical shape and respective distances from the first center axis to individual three-dimensional points that constitute the group of three-dimensional points.

Assignments (5)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Apr 1, 2026
From: INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE TOKYO
To: EVIDENT INSPECTION TECHNOLOGIES JAPAN CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 074240/0857 →
COMPANY SPLIT Recorded Apr 1, 2026
From: EVIDENT CORPORATION
To: EVIDENT INSPECTION TECHNOLOGIES JAPAN CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 075319/0324 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 1, 2026
From: TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
To: INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE TOKYO
Reel/Frame 075402/0542 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 25, 2022
From: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
To: EVIDENT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061526/0836 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 26, 2021
From: MIYASHITA, NAOYUKI; OKUTOMI, MASATOSHI; KAGAMI, SHO
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION; TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Reel/Frame 056360/0679 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2020-095271 · Jun 1, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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