High-dynamic angle measurement based on laser displacement sensors.

It is currently difficult to achieve good real-time dynamic angle measurements with high accuracy and large ranges. In this paper, a photoelectric measurement method for dynamic angles based on three laser displacement sensors (LDSs) is proposed. Offline, a dynamic angle vision measurement model is established, and the system is calibrated by using a planar target moved by a 2D moving platform. In the course of measurement, three laser beams emitted from three LDSs are projected onto a rotating plane, and three noncollinear points are acquired synchronously; then the rotation angle is calculated in real time. Simulations verify the feasibility of the method theoretically. Experimental results demonstrate that the method achieves measurement accuracies of 0.008° and 0.046° under quasi-static condition of 80°/s and highly dynamic condition of 1000°/s within the measurement range of about ±40°, respectively.