Made available in DSpace on 2015-05-08T14:59:54Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 6740318 bytes, checksum: 039aeeeb7ab617f3306f6110a5f307b0 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-07-10 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / The massive use of mills and hydrocyclones operating in closed circuit, in several great relevance socio-economic industrial applications, checks special importance to the problem of the development of processes and mathematical models returned to the optimization of the circuit. This work presents an investigation about about techniques for reducing the prediction error (approximation by spheres) to increase accuracy in non-contact measurements of particle size of minerals in order to increase the effciency of classiffcation by hydrocyclones. Computational methods for counting and measuring particles were developed and implemented, in order to compare the computational vision and particle size separation sieving methods. The proposed method also deals with 3D reconstruction of the particles based on the measurement of their heights. To this goal, a stack of images with variable focus is captured. From this stack calculate the average particle size (estimated from the z axis), display the pictures of the stack through the focus index and the image height. An estimate of the average height of the particles is done and than approximate the shape of the particles (spheroids) and comparison with the results approximating a sphere. Measuring instruments have been adapted for the acquisition of images and also for estimating the height of the particles of the samples. / A utilização massiva de moinhos e hidrociclones operando em circuito fechado, em diversas aplicações industriais de grande relevância sócioeconômica, confere especial importância ao problema do desenvolvimento de processos e modelos matemáticos voltados à otimização do circuito de cominuição-classificação. Este trabalho apresenta uma investigação sobre técnicas para redução do erro de predição (aproximação por esferas) em medições sem contato visando aumentar a exatidão na granulometria de minérios com o intuito de aumentar a eficiência de classificação por hidrociclonagem. Métodos computacionais para contagem e mensuração de partículas foram desenvolvidos e implementados, com vistas a comparar a visão computacional ao método de separação de partículas por peneiramento. O método proposto trata, também, da reconstru ção 3D das partículas baseado na medida de suas alturas. Para tanto, uma pilha de imagens com foco variável é capturada. A partir desta pilha calcula-se a altura mé- dia das partículas (estimativa do eixo Z), exibem-se as imagens da pilha completamente em foco e a imagem de índices de alturas. De posse da estimativa da altura média das partículas é feita a aproximação da forma das partículas (esferóides) e a comparação com os resultados da aproximação por esferas. Instrumentos de medição foram adaptados para aquisição das imagens e também para estimar a altura das partículas das amostras.

Dans le cadre de l'acquisition de l'information de profondeur de scènes texturées, un processus d'estimation de la profondeur basé sur la méthode de reconstruction 3D « Shape from Focus » est présenté dans ce manuscrit. Les deux étapes fondamentales de cette approche sont l'acquisition de la séquence d'images de la scène par sectionnement optique et l'évaluation de la netteté locale pour chaque pixel des images acquises. Deux systèmes d'acquisition de cette séquence d'images sont présentés ainsi que les traitements permettant d'exploiter celle-ci pour la suite du processus d'estimation de la profondeur. L'étape d'évaluation de la netteté des pixels passe par la comparaison des différents opérateurs de mesure de netteté. En plus des opérateurs usuels, deux nouveaux opérateurs basés sur les descripteurs généralisés de Fourier sont proposés. Une méthode nouvelle et originale de comparaison est développée et permet une analyse approfondie de la robustesse à différents paramètres des divers opérateurs. Afin de proposer une automatisation du processus de reconstruction, deux méthodes d'évaluation automatique de la netteté sont détaillées. Finalement, le processus complet de reconstruction est appliqué à des scènes agronomiques, mais également à une problématique du domaine de l'analyse de défaillances de circuits intégrés afin d'élargir les domaines d'utilisation / In the context of the acquisition of depth information for textured scenes, a depth estimation process based on a 3D reconstruction method called "shape from focus" is proposed in this thesis. The two crucial steps of this approach are the image sequence acquisition of the scene by optical sectioning and the local sharpness evaluation for each pixel of the acquired images. Two acquisition systems have been developed and are presented as well as different image processing techniques that enable the image exploitation for the depth estimation process. The pixel sharpness evaluation requires comparison of different focus measure operators in order to determine the most appropriate ones. In addition to the usual focus measure operators, two news operators based on generalized Fourier descriptors are presented. A new and original comparison method is developped and provides a further analysis of the robustness to various parameters of the focus measure operators. In order to provide an automatic version of the reconstruction process, two automatic sharpness evaluation methods are detailed. Finally, the whole reconstruction process is applied to agronomic scenes, but also to a problematic in failure analysis domain aiming to expand to other applications

Submitted by JOSIANE SANTOS DE OLIVEIRA (josianeso) on 2018-02-22T13:55:41Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Marcelo Robson de Azevedo Martins da Silva_.pdf: 3067819 bytes, checksum: d7b5c1e064c742114237189fe8cdc3d7 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-02-22T13:55:41Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Marcelo Robson de Azevedo Martins da Silva_.pdf: 3067819 bytes, checksum: d7b5c1e064c742114237189fe8cdc3d7 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-09-27 / Nenhuma / Existem muitas técnicas para reconstrução de objetos tridimensionais em computador, algumas são empregadas em ambientes controlados e outras em ambientes que não necessitam de grande precisão. Shape From Focus é um método bastante conhecido que utiliza uma pilha de fotografias retiradas com diferentes configurações focais para reconstruir um mapa de profundidade bastante preciso. Este método obtém maior estabilidade na reconstrução de objetos muito pequenos ou microscópios, mas recentemente vem sendo utilizado para reconstrução de ambientes. Com isso, o modelo de reconstrução de mapas de profundidade, Shape From Focus, passou a processar maiores quantidades de interferências na pilha de fotografias, como por exemplo, a distorção da lente, o aumento da profundidade de campo, o efeito zoom, entre outros, e também o ruído introduzido pelo ambiente. Este trabalho analisa os efeitos do suporte adaptativo para o janelamento de avaliação do medidor de qualidade de foco do método Shape From Focus. Apesar de diferentes trabalhos sobre este tema utilizarem diversas variações do janelamento de avaliação, o suporte adaptativo pode fornecer uma alternativa para encontrar a estabilidade e confiança na obtenção do mapa de profundidade, limitando o erro introduzido por interferências globais. / There are many techniques for reconstructing three-dimensional objects in a computer, some are used in controlled environments and others in environments that do not require great precision. Shape From Focus is one of the well-known method that uses a stack of cropped photographs with different focal settings to reconstruct a fairly accurate depth map. This method obtains greater stability in the reconstruction of very small objects or microscopes, but has recently been used for reconstruction of environments. As a result, the Shape From Focus reconstruction model began to process greater amounts of interference in the photo stack, such as lens distortion, increased depth of field, zoom effect, among others, as well as noise Introduced by the environment. This work analyzes the effects of the adaptive support for the evaluation window of the focus quality meter of the Shape From Focus method. Although different works on this theme use several variations of the evaluation window, the adaptive support can provide an alternative to find the stability and confidence in obtaining the depth map, limiting the error introduced by global interferences.

The purpose of this research is to develop a process and an algorithm to create a 3D model of the surface a part. This is accomplished using a single camera and a CNC machine as a movable stage. A gradient based focus measure operator written in MATLAB is used to process the images and to generate the surface model. The scopes of this research are image processing and surface model generation as well as verifying part accuracy. The algorithm is able to create a rough surface model of a photographed part, and with careful calibration in a limited number of scenarios has been used in checking part z dimensions.

Submitted by Geyciane Santos (geyciane_thamires@hotmail.com) on 2015-06-18T14:37:14Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação - Felipe Gomes de Oliveira.pdf: 8063130 bytes, checksum: c3a3271d66779ae934aca4f3e28b999b (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Divisão de Documentação/BC Biblioteca Central (ddbc@ufam.edu.br) on 2015-06-19T21:07:20Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação - Felipe Gomes de Oliveira.pdf: 8063130 bytes, checksum: c3a3271d66779ae934aca4f3e28b999b (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Divisão de Documentação/BC Biblioteca Central (ddbc@ufam.edu.br) on 2015-06-19T21:10:24Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação - Felipe Gomes de Oliveira.pdf: 8063130 bytes, checksum: c3a3271d66779ae934aca4f3e28b999b (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-06-19T21:10:24Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação - Felipe Gomes de Oliveira.pdf: 8063130 bytes, checksum: c3a3271d66779ae934aca4f3e28b999b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-07-25 / CAPES - Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This research presents a visual data fusion approach to recover dense depth map from sequences of images. The conventional methods to estimate depth map have many drawbacks with respect to environment illumination changes and camera positioning. We propose a Global optimization data fusion strategy to improve the measurements from stereo and focus depth maps. Di erent from typical stereo and focus fusion techniques, we use a single pair of stereo cameras to acquire series of images scenes without occlusion and illumination constraints. Then, we use Energy Functional fusion to associate the geometric coherence with multiple frames. In order to evaluate the results we de ned a metric using similarity measurements between traditional stereo and the proposed approach. The experiments are performed in real scene images, and the estimated mapping was superior than those found using traditional stereo methods, which demonstrates the good performance and robustness of our approach. / Este trabalho propõe uma abordagem de Fusão de Dados Visuais para estimar a estrutura tridimensional de uma cena a partir de sequências de imagens obtidas por meio de duas ou mais câmeras. Os métodos convencionais para estimar mapas de profundidade apresentam desvantagens relacionadas a mudanças na iluminação do ambiente e posicionamento de câmeras. Por essa razão, foi proposta uma estrategia de Fusão de Dados baseada em minimiza c~ao de energia para aprimorar as medições proporcionadas pela disparidade entre pixels de uma imagem e pela variação de foco. A abordagem proposta faz uso de uma rede distribuída de sensores visuais utilizando um par de câmeras estéreo sem restrições de oclusão ou iluminação no processo de captura de imagens. A função de energia foi usada para integrar múltiplos frames e inferir a coerência geométrica contida na cena. Para avaliar os resultados obtidos foram utilizadas métricas da literatura através de medições de similaridade entre técnicas de estéreo tradicionais e a estrategia desenvolvida. Os experimentos foram conduzidos a partir de imagens de cenas reais, e as informações de profundidade estimadas foram qualitativamente superior que os resultados obtidos pelos métodos tradicionais. Tais informações demonstram a qualidade dos resultados alcançados pela técnica proposta.

While modern digital cameras incorporate sophisticated engineering, in terms of their core functionality, cameras have changed remarkably little in more than a hundred years. In particular, from a given viewpoint, conventional photography essentially remains limited to manipulating a basic set of controls: exposure time, focus setting, and aperture setting. In this dissertation we present three new methods in this domain, each based on capturing multiple photos with different camera settings. In each case, we show how defocus can be exploited to achieve different goals, extending what is possible with conventional photography. These methods are closely connected, in that all rely on analyzing changes in aperture. First, we present a 3D reconstruction method especially suited for scenes with high geometric complexity, for which obtaining a detailed model is difficult using previous approaches. We show that by controlling both the focus and aperture setting, it is possible compute depth for each pixel independently. To achieve this, we introduce the "confocal constancy" property, which states that as aperture setting varies, the pixel intensity of an in-focus scene point will vary in a scene-independent way that can be predicted by prior calibration. Second, we describe a method for synthesizing photos with adjusted camera settings in post-capture, to achieve changes in exposure, focus setting, etc. from very few input photos. To do this, we capture photos with varying aperture and other settings fixed, then recover the underlying scene representation best reproducing the input. The key to the approach is our layered formulation, which handles occlusion effects but is tractable to invert. This method works with the built-in "aperture bracketing" mode found on most digital cameras. Finally, we develop a "light-efficient" method for capturing an in-focus photograph in the shortest time, or with the highest quality for a given time budget. While the standard approach involves reducing the aperture until the desired region is in-focus, we show that by "spanning" the region with multiple large-aperture photos,we can reduce the total capture time and generate the in-focus photo synthetically. Beyond more efficient capture, our method provides 3D shape at no additional cost.

While modern digital cameras incorporate sophisticated engineering, in terms of their core functionality, cameras have changed remarkably little in more than a hundred years. In particular, from a given viewpoint, conventional photography essentially remains limited to manipulating a basic set of controls: exposure time, focus setting, and aperture setting. In this dissertation we present three new methods in this domain, each based on capturing multiple photos with different camera settings. In each case, we show how defocus can be exploited to achieve different goals, extending what is possible with conventional photography. These methods are closely connected, in that all rely on analyzing changes in aperture. First, we present a 3D reconstruction method especially suited for scenes with high geometric complexity, for which obtaining a detailed model is difficult using previous approaches. We show that by controlling both the focus and aperture setting, it is possible compute depth for each pixel independently. To achieve this, we introduce the "confocal constancy" property, which states that as aperture setting varies, the pixel intensity of an in-focus scene point will vary in a scene-independent way that can be predicted by prior calibration. Second, we describe a method for synthesizing photos with adjusted camera settings in post-capture, to achieve changes in exposure, focus setting, etc. from very few input photos. To do this, we capture photos with varying aperture and other settings fixed, then recover the underlying scene representation best reproducing the input. The key to the approach is our layered formulation, which handles occlusion effects but is tractable to invert. This method works with the built-in "aperture bracketing" mode found on most digital cameras. Finally, we develop a "light-efficient" method for capturing an in-focus photograph in the shortest time, or with the highest quality for a given time budget. While the standard approach involves reducing the aperture until the desired region is in-focus, we show that by "spanning" the region with multiple large-aperture photos,we can reduce the total capture time and generate the in-focus photo synthetically. Beyond more efficient capture, our method provides 3D shape at no additional cost.

Dans le cadre de l'acquisition de l'information de profondeur de scènes texturées, un processus d'estimation de la profondeur basé sur la méthode de reconstruction 3D " Shape from Focus " est présenté dans ce manuscrit. Les deux étapes fondamentales de cette approche sont l'acquisition de la séquence d'images de la scène par sectionnement optique et l'évaluation de la netteté locale pour chaque pixel des images acquises. Deux systèmes d'acquisition de cette séquence d'images sont présentés ainsi que les traitements permettant d'exploiter celle-ci pour la suite du processus d'estimation de la profondeur. L'étape d'évaluation de la netteté des pixels passe par la comparaison des différents opérateurs de mesure de netteté. En plus des opérateurs usuels, deux nouveaux opérateurs basés sur les descripteurs généralisés de Fourier sont proposés. Une méthode nouvelle et originale de comparaison est développée et permet une analyse approfondie de la robustesse à différents paramètres des divers opérateurs. Afin de proposer une automatisation du processus de reconstruction, deux méthodes d'évaluation automatique de la netteté sont détaillées. Finalement, le processus complet de reconstruction est appliqué à des scènes agronomiques, mais également à une problématique du domaine de l'analyse de défaillances de circuits intégrés afin d'élargir les domaines d'utilisation

Dans le circuit de la greffe de cornée, l'endothélium de chaque greffon est observé en microscopie optique conventionnelle afin de vérifier que sa densité cellulaire est suffisante pour maintenir une bonne transparence après l'opération. Les greffons étant conservés dans un milieu spécifique, ils sont imprégnés de liquide et présentent donc des plis qui perturbent l'observation et le comptage des cellules. Ce problème pratique est à l'origine d’une étude théorique sur les concepts de profondeur de champ étendue et de shape-from-focus. A partir d'une séquence d'images acquise par sectionnement optique, les informations les plus nettes permettent d'une part d'accéder à la topographie de la surface observée et d'autre part de restaurer l'image de sa texture. Une reconstruction surfacique 3-D est alors obtenue en projetant la texture sur la topographie. Cette thèse considère essentiellement l’étape fondamentale de mesure de netteté du processus de reconstruction. Des nouvelles mesures génériques offrant une haute sensibilité à la netteté sont introduites. De par une stratégie 3-D originale au travers de la séquence d'images, une autre mesure très robuste au bruit est proposée. Toutes ces mesures sont testées sur des données simulées puis diverses acquisitions réelles en microscopie optique conventionnelle et comparées aux méthodes de la littérature. Par ailleurs, la mesure 3-D améliore nettement les reconstructions d'endothéliums cornéens à partir de leurs acquisitions particulièrement perturbées (inversions de contraste). Un processus itératif complet de reconstruction 3-D d’endothéliums cornéens est finalement décrit, aboutissant à des résultats solides et exploitables. / In the cornea transplant process, each graft endothelium is observed by conventional optical microscopy to check that its cell density is sufficient to maintain a proper transparency after the transplantation. The grafts are stored in a specific preservation medium, they are thus impregnated with fluid and therefore exhibit folds which make cell observation and counting difficult. This practical issue led to the following theoretical study about the so-called concepts: extended-depth-of-field and shape-from-focus. Throughout a sequence of images acquired by optical sectioning, the in-focus information allows on the one hand to recover the topography of the observed surface and on the other hand to restore the image of its texture. A 3-D reconstruction is then obtained by mapping the texture onto the topography. This thesis basically considers the fundamental step of the reconstruction process that is the focus measurement. New generic focus measurements exhibiting high sharpness sensitivity are introduced. Another one offering high noise robustness is proposed, due to an original 3-D strategy through the image sequence, unlike traditional methods that operate in 2-D. All of them are tested on simulated data and various real acquisitions, and compared to the state-of-the-art methods. Furthermore, the aforementioned 3-D focus measurement clearly improves the 3-D surface reconstructions of the corneal endotheliums from their particularly disturbed acquisitions (contrast reversals). A complete iterative process of 3-D reconstruction of the corneal endothelial surfaces is finally described, resulting in solid results that can already be transferred to cornea banks.

Dans le circuit de la greffe de cornée, l'endothélium de chaque greffon est observé en microscopie optique conventionnelle afin de vérifier que sa densité cellulaire est suffisante pour maintenir une bonne transparence après l'opération. Les greffons étant conservés dans un milieu spécifique, ils sont imprégnés de liquide et présentent donc des plis qui perturbent l'observation et le comptage des cellules. Ce problème pratique est à l'origine d'une étude théorique sur les concepts de profondeur de champ étendue et de shape-from-focus. A partir d'une séquence d'images acquise par sectionnement optique, les informations les plus nettes permettent d'une part d'accéder à la topographie de la surface observée et d'autre part de restaurer l'image de sa texture. Une reconstruction surfacique 3-D est alors obtenue en projetant la texture sur la topographie. Cette thèse considère essentiellement l'étape fondamentale de mesure de netteté du processus de reconstruction. Des nouvelles mesures génériques offrant une haute sensibilité à la netteté sont introduites. De par une stratégie 3-D originale au travers de la séquence d'images, une autre mesure très robuste au bruit est proposée. Toutes ces mesures sont testées sur des données simulées puis diverses acquisitions réelles en microscopie optique conventionnelle et comparées aux méthodes de la littérature. Par ailleurs, la mesure 3-D améliore nettement les reconstructions d'endothéliums cornéens à partir de leurs acquisitions particulièrement perturbées (inversions de contraste). Un processus itératif complet de reconstruction 3-D d'endothéliums cornéens est finalement décrit, aboutissant à des résultats solides et exploitables.