Rotation center calibration based on line laser rotating platform

Line lasers are of great significance in many fields such as industrial inspection, machine vision, cultural relics identification, mechanical design, and medical oral cavity. The three-dimensional reconstruction of the line laser can accurately obtain the three-dimensional information of the surface of the object, and quickly complete the three-dimensional contour reconstruction of the object to be tested. In the online laser rotation scanning, the object rotates around a certain point, which is a rotation center, and the calibration of the rotation center is the main factor that restricts the accuracy of the three-dimensional contour. At present, the calibration of the center of rotation is mainly obtained by the characteristics of a circle (ball, cylinder, cone, etc.). This paper mainly introduces the basic process of rotating scanning, rotating center, and rotating methods as well as their advantages and disadvantages. First, the basic process of rotating scanning is briefly introduced. Secondly, the definition and content of the rotating center are introduced. Then, the calibration methods of three rotating centers (ellipse fitting method, symmetry method, plane fitting method) are introduced. Finally, the advantages and disadvantages of the three calibration methods and their respective applications are summarized.