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Journal of the Korea Concrete Institute

J Korea Inst. Struct. Maint. Insp.
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Title Probabilistic 3D Position and Displacement Estimation of Measurement Points on Civil Structures Based on Stereo Vision
Authors 이가민(Gamin Lee) ; 이준화(Junhwa Lee)
DOI https://doi.org/10.11112/jksmi.2026.30.4.26
Page pp.26-37
ISSN 2234-6937
Keywords 스테레오 비전; 3차원 변위 계측; 불확실성 정량화; 오차 전파; 공분산 타원체; 토탈스테이션 Stereo vision; 3D displacement measurement; Uncertainty quantification; Error propagation; Covariance ellipsoid; Total station
Abstract This study proposes a probabilistic stereo-vision framework that propagates matching uncertainty to 3D position covariance and displacement covariance for civil-structure monitoring points. Per-point pixel covariance is assigned from the curvature of the zero-mean normalized cross-correlation (ZNCC) peak, and the Jacobian of closest-ray midpoint reconstruction is used for first-order error propagation. The reconstructed point is expressed as and the displacement as , visualized as a covariance ellipsoid. Simulations confirm agreement between the analytical and Monte Carlo covariances. A field experiment on a pedestrian suspension footbridge visualizes the tracked cable-intersection points, their covariance ellipsoids, and representative displacement traces, showing how the resolvability differs between near and mid-range points. The framework therefore reports not only displacement estimates but also point-wise measurement reliability.