Using constancy of distance to estimate position and displacement in space

The problem of computing structure and motion from the observation of points in two distinct images of a scene is considered. The proposed method explicitly utilizes the principle of conservation of distance during rigid-body motion. The formulation is such that it separates the problem of estimating object position from that of determining motion parameters. The equations of invariance of distance for a rigid body are solved for the points´ position in space. When these coordinates in space are known, motion parameters are computed in a simple and straightforward manner. Examples are given to illustrate the efficiency of the algorithm.<>