Single camera simulating stereo vision measurement technology

The paper is based on the binocular vision sensor 3D measurement model, and a kind of low-cost single camera model used to measure coordinates in space is introduced. By using optic imaging dexterously, the single camera is imaged as two virtual cameras. Two parallax images which screened by the same object can be collected in the same CCD image surface. And then the 3D information of point can be retrieved. In this paper, the single camera sensor model has been constructed. This method overcame some disadvantages in double-camera systems, such as high system cost, reduce the measurement speed when switching the images of two cameras. This paper has also provided an economical, rapid, useful measurement approach. The experiment indicated the rationality and efficiency of this method.