Table 1 Comparision of attitude estimation methods used in test of wind tunnel.

From: Current status and prospects of computer vision-based attitude and deformation measurement applications in wind tunnels

 

Author

Principles of vision

targets

methods

Test environment

accuracy

Non-real-time

Ruyten35

Trinocular vision

Fluorescent

Simplex iteration

Transonic

0.005°the root-mean-square (RMS) pitch and yaw

Chen36

Monocular vision

Natural reflection

Generalized inverse least square

Low-sonic

 

Spain37

Monocular vision

Natural reflection

 

Except for the supersonic

 

Leifer38

Trinocular vision

Retro-reflective

Seven-point numerical differentiation

 

X, Y, Z-axis position accuracy is 0.0079 mm, 0.0144 mm, and 0.0186 mm rms respectively

Real-time

Thomas39

Binocular vision

Retro-reflective

Least square

Supersonic

Figure 12a shows the maximum angle error is 0.3°, the average error of pitch Angle is 0.0404, and the prediction interval is 95%

Liu40

Trinocular depth vision

AprilTag

ORB and Bundle Adjustment Algorithm

Low-sonic

Figure 12b shows the angle and displacement are consistent with the sensor

Zhen41

Binocular vision

Retro-reflective

Case Deletion Diagnostics and least square

Supersonic

Position accuracy is 0.16mm, pitch, and yaw angle accuracy is less than 0.132° and roll angle accuracy is 0.712°

Liu42

Binocular vision

Retro-reflective

Centroid method with three-dimensional constraints

Supersonic

Rms errors of 0.182 mm, 0.158°, 0.212°, 0.9° for displacement, pitch, yaw and roll angles

Fan43

Multi-ocular vision

Natural reflection

least square

Low-sonic

Static position accuracy is better than 0.07mm, attitude angle measurement accuracy is up to 0.05°, and dynamic measurement accuracy is 0.5°

Deep-learning

Huang45

Monocular vision

Natural reflection

CNN + GAN

Low-sonic

Figure 12c shows the acceleration are consistent with the sensor