Stereo camera system and its application in networked virtual environment

Author

Chen, Ling ; Tian, Mei-Hong ; Chen, Gen-Cai ; Chen, Chuen

Author_Institution

Coll. of Comput. Sci. & Technol., Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou, China

Volume

1

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

225

Abstract

With the appearance of different kinds of networked virtual environment systems, the technology of realistic video avatar has become a hotspot of research. How to create realistic video avatar with less hardware investment and limited computation is one of the purposes of these researches. We introduce a method that combines a single stereo camera system and a 3D head model to create a realistic video avatar. To create the video avatar´s most important part-the face, we use a 2D image and a depth map, which is generated by the stereo camera system. The other parts of of the video avatar are created by mapping the head´s texture to the 3D head model.

Keywords

computer networks; image sensors; image texture; stereo image processing; video signal processing; virtual reality; 2D image; 3D head model; depth map; face; networked virtual environment; realistic video avatar; stereo camera system; texture; Application software; Avatars; Cameras; Computer networks; Computer science; Hardware; Intelligent networks; Investments; Magnetic heads; Virtual environment;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Machine Learning and Cybernetics, 2002. Proceedings. 2002 International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7508-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMLC.2002.1176744

Filename

1176744