A stereo viewer based on a single camera with view-control mechanisms

Author

Inaba, Masayuki ; Hara, Takeyori ; Inoue, Hirochika

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mechano-Inf., Tokyo Univ., Japan

Volume

3

fYear

1993

fDate

26-30 Jul 1993

Firstpage

1857

Abstract

A stereo vision system which consists of a stereo viewer and a processing system with viewing control mechanisms is presented. The stereo viewer is an adapter which, attached to a single camera, provides it with a stereo image by means of a set of four mirrors. Since the system can control the angle of mirrors, it can adjust them to operate during zooming, panning, and focusing in stereo viewing. The vision system uses a high-speed block matching processor to provide the essential functionality needed for motion tracking and stereo matching. With this system visual searching and stereo tracking can be implemented in real time. The authors analyze the optical structure of the stereo viewer, describe the vision and control system, and present some experimental examples of its use

Keywords

stereo image processing; angle control; high-speed block matching processor; mirrors; optical structure; single camera; stereo tracking; stereo viewer; view-control mechanisms; visual searching; Cameras; Control systems; Focusing; High speed optical techniques; Machine vision; Mirrors; Optical control; Real time systems; Stereo vision; Tracking;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent Robots and Systems '93, IROS '93. Proceedings of the 1993 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on

Conference_Location

Yokohama

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0823-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IROS.1993.583888

Filename

583888