High-resolution panoramic movie generation from video streams acquired by an omnidirectional multi-camera system

Author

Ikeda, Sei ; SAT, Tomokazu ; YOKOYA, Naokazu

Author_Institution

Graduate Sch. of Inf. Sci., Nara Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Japan

fYear

2003

fDate

30 July-1 Aug. 2003

Firstpage

155

Lastpage

160

Abstract

Telepresence systems using an omnidirectional image sensor enable us to experience remote sites with rich sensation. An omnidirectional multi-camera system is more useful for acquiring high-resolution omnidirectional images of outdoor scenes than a monocular camera system. However, exact calibration of the camera system is necessary to generate a panoramic movie. In this paper, we describe a panoramic movie generation method based on geometric and photometric calibration of the omnidirectional multi-camera system. A prototype of a telepresence system is also shown as applications of generated panoramic movies. This high-resolution telepresence system has been proven to enable us to experience remote sites with rich presence.

Keywords

calibration; computer vision; image sensors; video cameras; video recording; video signal processing; virtual reality; Ladybug; camera calibration; geometric calibration; high-resolution omnidirectional image; high-resolution panoramic movie; image acquisition; omnidirectional image sensor; omnidirectional multicamera system; panoramic movie generation; photometric calibration; telepresence; video stream; Calibration; Cameras; Image resolution; Information science; Layout; Lenses; Motion pictures; Photometry; Prototypes; Streaming media;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems, MFI2003. Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7987-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MFI-2003.2003.1232649

Filename

1232649