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Area of Science:

  • Engineering
  • Computer Vision
  • Optical Physics

Background:

  • Computer vision displacement measurement is crucial for structural health monitoring.
  • Optical turbulence in imaging causes significant errors, reducing measurement accuracy.
  • Existing methods struggle to mitigate these turbulence-induced errors effectively.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a novel method for mitigating optical turbulence errors in computer vision-based displacement measurements.
  • To enhance the accuracy and reliability of displacement measurements for structural health monitoring.
  • To propose optimal target design criteria for improved performance under varying conditions.

Main Methods:

  • A multi-measurement point method utilizing spatial randomness to mitigate optical turbulence errors.
  • Static target experiments to verify the effectiveness of the proposed method.
  • Dynamic target experiments to evaluate performance under real-world conditions.

Main Results:

  • Static experiments showed up to an 82% Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) correction rate.
  • Dynamic experiments achieved a 69% RMSE correction rate after error mitigation.
  • The method effectively improves displacement measurement accuracy and preserves detailed results.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed multi-measurement point method successfully mitigates optical turbulence errors.
  • The technique enhances the accuracy of computer vision-based displacement measurements for structural health monitoring.
  • Optimal target design criteria are proposed to maximize the method's effectiveness.