Real-time stereo vision with multiple arrayed camera

Real-time stereo vision using a multiple arrayed camera system, named MAC vision, is proposed. MAC vision processes the correspondence problem, one of the basic problems in stereo vision, very rapidly by making use of the simple geometric relationship of images on the same-height scanning lines. Several problems involved in MAC vision are discussed. The results of experiments performed on a newly constructed five-camera prototype are presented. The experimental results showed that a speed of 16 [frames/s], where each frame included 1800 points