Determining location and orientation of a labelled cylinder using point-pair estimation algorithm

In this paper, a new feasible approach is proposed to determine the 3-D location and orientation of a cylinder pasted with a known-height label. The proposed approach uses a rectangle-shaped standard mark composed of two point-pairs for performing monocular image analysis. A monocular image of a labelled cylinder is first taken. Image processing and numerical analysis techniques are then used to select two point-pairs located on the boundary of the visible part of the cylindrical label. According to 3-D imaging geometry, the location and orientation of the cylinder relative to the camera are uniquely determined by using 3-D vector analysis and simple algebraic computation. Owing to the full linearity of the derivation, this approach can achieve high speed requirement.