| Preface | 5 |
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| Contents | 7 |
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| Chapter 1 Introduction | 12 |
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| 1.1 Motivations | 12 |
| 1.2 Objectives and Solutions | 18 |
| 1.3 Book Structure | 19 |
| Chapter 2 Active Vision Sensors | 21 |
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| 2.1 3D Visual Sensing by Machine Vision | 21 |
| 2.2 3D Sensing by Stereo Vision Sensors | 29 |
| 2.3 3D Sensing by Stripe Light Vision Sensors | 33 |
| 2.4 3D Sensor Reconfiguration and Recalibration | 37 |
| 2.5 Summary | 48 |
| Chapter 3 Active Sensor Planning – the State-of-the-Art | 49 |
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| 3.1 The Problem | 49 |
| 3.2 Overview of the Recent Development | 50 |
| 3.3 Fundamentals of Sensor Modeling and Planning | 53 |
| 3.4 Planning for Dimensional Inspection | 58 |
| 3.5 Planning for Recognition and Search | 61 |
| 3.6 Planning for Exploration, Navigation, and Tracking | 64 |
| 3.7 Planning for Assembly and Disassembly | 69 |
| 3.8 Planning with Illumination | 70 |
| 3.9 Other Planning Tasks | 73 |
| 3.10 Summary | 76 |
| Chapter 4 Sensing Constraints and Evaluation | 77 |
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| 4.1 Representation of Vision Sensors | 77 |
| 4.2 Placement Constraints | 78 |
| 4.3 Common Approaches to Viewpoint Evaluation | 85 |
| 4.4 Criterion of Lowest Operation Cost | 87 |
| 4.5 Summary | 90 |
| Chapter 5 Model-Based Sensor Planning | 91 |
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| 5.1 Overview of the Method | 91 |
| 5.2 Sensor Placement Graph | 92 |
| 5.3 The Shortest Path | 95 |
| 5.4 Practical Considerations | 97 |
| 5.5 Implementation | 102 |
| 5.6 Summary | 110 |
| Chapter 6 Planning for Freeform Surface Measurement | 111 |
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| 6.1 The Problem | 111 |
| 6.2 B-Spline Model Representation | 114 |
| 6.3 Uncertainty Analysis | 118 |
| 6.4 Sensing Strategy for Optimizing Measurement | 120 |
| 6.5 Experiments | 122 |
| 6.6 Summary | 128 |
| Chapter 7 Sensor Planning for Object Modeling | 129 |
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| 7.1 Planning Approaches to Model Construction | 129 |
| 7.2 The Procedure for Model Construction | 134 |
| 7.3 Self-Termination Criteria | 137 |
| 7.4 Experiments | 141 |
| 7.5 Summary | 154 |
| Chapter 8 Information Entropy Based Planning | 156 |
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| 8.1 Overview | 156 |
| 8.2 Model Representation | 157 |
| 8.3 Expected Error | 163 |
| 8.4 View Planning | 166 |
| 8.5 Experiments | 168 |
| 8.6 Summary | 184 |
| Chapter 9 Model Prediction and Sensor Planning | 185 |
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| 9.1 Surface Trend and Target Prediction | 185 |
| 9.2 Determination of the Next Viewpoint | 191 |
| 9.3 Simulation | 194 |
| 9.4 Practical Implementation | 199 |
| 9.5 Discussion and Conclusion | 211 |
| Chapter 10 Integrating Planning with Active Illumination | 214 |
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| 10.1 Introduction | 214 |
| 10.2 From Human Vision to Machine Vision | 216 |
| 10.3 Evaluation of Illumination Conditions | 217 |
| 10.4 Controllable Things | 219 |
| 10.5 Glare Avoidance | 221 |
| 10.6 Intensity Estimation | 223 |
| 10.7 Intensity Control | 228 |
| 10.8 Simulation | 231 |
| 10.9 Implementation | 234 |
| 10.10 Summary | 238 |
| Bibliography | 239 |
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| Index | 266 |