The principle of structured light 3-D vision is introduced, and using proje
ctive and per spective transformations, the mathematical model of grid stru
ctured light based 3-D vision inspection is established in homogeneous coor
dinate system in this paper. Based on the image feature analysis of grid st
ructured light, a calibration method of grid structured light based 3-D vis
ion inspection is proposed, and experimental results are also presented. Th
is method is easy, efficient and fast to carry our, it simplifies the calib
ration process while guaranteeing its accuracy. [S1087-1357(00)00703-6].