Title :
Real-time video mosaicking of the ocean floor
Author :
Marks, Richard L. ; Rock, Stephen M. ; Lee, Michael J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Aeronaut. & Astronaut., Stanford Univ., CA, USA
Abstract :
This research proposes a method for the creation of real-time video mosaics of the ocean floor. New vision processing hardware is the enabling technology which makes real-time video mosaicking conceivable. A complete system has been developed to create mosaics from a single camera source. The mosaicking system was tested using a remotely operated vehicle. The test was targeted to determine the capabilities of the system in an actual scientific marine setting. The chief concerns were whether marine snow and nonuniform lighting of the field of view would hinder mosaic creation. Several mosaics of portions of a brachiopod field were successfully created
Keywords :
aquaculture; geophysical signal processing; geophysical techniques; image matching; image segmentation; image sequences; marine systems; mobile robots; oceanographic techniques; optical information processing; real-time systems; seafloor phenomena; video signal processing; automatic mosaic creation; brachiopod field; falling sediment particle; image fusion; image processing; marine biology invertebrate animal; marine sediment; marine snow; measurement technique; mosaic creation; nonuniform lighting; ocean; ocean floor; optical imaging optics; photography; real-time video mosaicking; remotely operated vehicle; seafloor geology morphology; underwater light; vision processing hardware; Cameras; History; Image processing; Navigation; Oceans; Position measurement; Robot kinematics; Robotics and automation; Satellites; System testing;
Conference_Titel :
Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Technology, 1994. AUV '94., Proceedings of the 1994 Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Cambridge, MA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1808-0
DOI :
10.1109/AUV.1994.518602
