Abstract
A novel underwater optical imaging system is proposed to improve underwater image degradation, which is severely deteriorated due to absorption and scattering under artificial illumination. The light source employs a line laser with 520 nm wavelength and a mirror galvanometer that controls the one-dimension scanning of the laser beam to form a planar illumination light field. The camera adopts an sCMOS image sensor with an electronic rolling shutter exposure pattern, compressing the camera’s instantaneous field of view(IFOV) into a narrow strip by reducing the exposure time. Meanwhile, the system controls the light source to irradiate the IFOV of the camera only synchronously, which significantly compressed the overlapping volume of the light path between the camera and the light source so that the backscattered light captured by the camera was dramatically reduced. Experimental results at different turbidity and distances in pool environments show that the laser field synchronous scanning imaging system obtains excellent performance in contrast ratio (CR) and contrast signal-to-noise ratio (CSNR). In the turbidity experiment, the peak CR of the target image improved by a factor of 3.88, and the peak CSNR improved by a factor of 2.33 in 19.6 FTU. In the distance experiment, the peak CR of the target image improved by a factor of 5.57, and the peak CSNR improved by a factor of 1.67 at a distance of 13 m, achieving a clear imaging range of 15 m. This system substantially diminishes the impact of light backscattering on imaging quality, which effectively facilitates further development of the underwater task and renders the system highly applicable in underwater imaging.
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