Omnidirectional mirror design: multiple linear ring-windows viewing

Author

De Chaumont, Fabrice ; Marhic, Bruno ; Delahoche, Laurent

Author_Institution

Fabrice de Chaumont, Picardie Univ., Amiens, France

Volume

1

fYear

2004

fDate

4-7 May 2004

Firstpage

311

Abstract

In the following paper we present a methodology for designing catadioptric mirrors used as omnidirectional sensors taking info account linear projection properties. In order to get a constant resolution camera: such a linearity is stalled by pixel coordinates. This method also allows setting several areas to observe, and for each of them, the corresponding percentage of the mirror´s radius. Then we illustrate our method with some simulation examples, and show matching real catadioptric mirrors. We include a software using this method. The former can be used to design and test the shape of a sensor, using the ray tracing software POV-Ray^trade;.

Keywords

image resolution; image sensors; ray tracing; catadioptric mirrors; linear projection properties; multiple linear ring-windows; omnidirectional mirror design; omnidirectional sensors; pixel coordinates; ray tracing software; resolution camera; Cameras; Detectors; Image sensors; Lenses; Mirrors; Mobile robots; Shape; Surveillance; Teleconferencing; Testing; Omnidirectional vision; Sensor Design; linear resolution viewing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Electronics, 2004 IEEE International Symposium on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8304-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISIE.2004.1571826

Filename

1571826