Selection of the best stereo pair in a multi-camera configuration

The analysis of the error of stereo measurements by triangulation is revisited from three points of view: geometrical, statistical and visual quality. When the target is visible by a set of distributed cameras in the workspace, there are multiple combinations of camera pairs adequate to be considered for the location, by triangulation, of the target position. Three-camera placements are analysed evaluating their precision in a short-medium distance. The work presented analyses which combination of stereo measurements gives the best results, and proposes a method for the automatic selection of the most adequate cameras pair.