Title :
Groundtruth system for underwater benchmarking
Author :
Martins, Alfredo ; Dias, Andre ; Silva, Hugo ; Almeida, Jorge ; Goncalves, Patricia ; Lopes, Filipa ; Faria, Ana ; Ribeiro, Jorge ; Silva, Enrico
Author_Institution :
INESC TEC Inst. for Syst. & Comput. Eng. of Porto, Porto, Portugal
Abstract :
In this paper a vision based groundtruth system for underwater applications is presented. The proposed system as an external validation perception and localization mechanism for underwater trials in the INESC TEC / ISEP underwater robotics test tank.
Keywords :
object detection; oceanographic equipment; stereo image processing; underwater equipment; color segmentation; data recording host computer; external validation perception; image processing; localization mechanism; stereo camera pair; target vehicle; underwater benchmarking; vision based groundtruth system; Calibration; Cameras; Image color analysis; Robots; Synchronization; Three-dimensional displays; Vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Oceans - San Diego, 2013
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
