Modeling camera orientation and 3D structure from a sequence of images taken by a perambulating commercial video camera

M-Rouhani, B. and Anderson, J. A. D. W. (1997) Modeling camera orientation and 3D structure from a sequence of images taken by a perambulating commercial video camera. In: Blouke, M. (ed.) Solid State Sensor Arrays: Development and Applications. Proceedings, 3019. SPIE, pp. 58-69. ISBN 9780819424303 doi: 10.1117/12.275166

Abstract/Summary

In this paper we report the degree of reliability of image sequences taken by off-the-shelf TV cameras for modeling camera rotation and reconstructing 3D structure using computer vision techniques. This is done in spite of the fact that computer vision systems usually use imaging devices that are specifically designed for the human vision. Our scenario consists of a static scene and a mobile camera moving through the scene. The scene is any long axial building dominated by features along the three principal orientations and with at least one wall containing prominent repetitive planar features such as doors, windows bricks etc. The camera is an ordinary commercial camcorder moving along the axial axis of the scene and is allowed to rotate freely within the range +/- 10 degrees in all directions. This makes it possible that the camera be held by a walking unprofessional cameraman with normal gait, or to be mounted on a mobile robot. The system has been tested successfully on sequence of images of a variety of structured, but fairly cluttered scenes taken by different walking cameramen. The potential application areas of the system include medicine, robotics and photogrammetry.

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Divisions	Science > School of Mathematical, Physical and Computational Sciences > Department of Computer Science
Publisher	SPIE
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