3D visual tracking using a network of low-cost pan/tilt cameras

Author

Woo, David C. ; Capson, David W.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McMaster Univ., Hamilton, Ont., Canada

Volume

2

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

884

Abstract

This paper describes a distributed system of cameras for tracking feature points in 3-space. A low-cost camera unit has been designed using off-the-shelf components that include a small CCD board camera and two servo-controlled mechanisms for pan and tilt. Triangulation is used with two or more calibrated cameras in a network of cameras to compute the location of a point in 3-space based on camera positions and pan/tilt angles. Experimental results demonstrate the advantage of using the redundant data from multiple pan/tilt cameras

Keywords

calibration; cameras; stereo image processing; tracking; 3D visual tracking; CCD board camera; Intel 8031 microcontroller; calibrated cameras; camera network; camera positions; distributed system; experimental results; feature points tracking; low-cost camera unit; low-cost pan/tilt cameras; off-the-shelf components; pan/tilt angles; pulse-width modulated; redundant data; servo-controlled mechanisms; stereo 3D tracking methods; triangulation; Calibration; Cameras; Charge coupled devices; Charge-coupled image sensors; Computer networks; Costs; Pulse width modulation; Robot vision systems; Servomechanisms; Target tracking;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2000 Canadian Conference on

Conference_Location

Halifax, NS

ISSN

0840-7789

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5957-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CCECE.2000.849593

Filename

849593