Reconstruction of Geometric and Optical Parameters of Non-Planar Objects with Thin Film.

ABSTRACT

Here, we propose a novel method to estimate the parameters of non-planar objects with thin film surfaces. Being able to estimate the optical parameters of objects with thin film surfaces has a wide range of applications from industrial inspections to biological and archaeology research. However, there are many challenging issues that need to be overcome to model such parameters. The appearance of thin film objects is highly dependent on the surface orientation and optical parameters such as the refractive index and film thickness. First, we therefore analyzed the optical parameters of non-planar objects with thin film surfaces. Next, we proposed and implemented an analysis procedure and demonstrated its effectiveness for studying planar objects with thin film surfaces. Finally, we developed a device to acquire the shapes and optical parameters of objects with thin film surfaces using a camera and demonstrated the effectiveness of our method experimentally. Then, we surveyed the errors caused by the light source. We discussed the difference between the theoretically obtained parameters and experimental data obtained using a hyper spectral camera.