All-directional three dimensional measurement using double fish-eye stereo vision

In this paper, the authors describe on an all-directional three dimensional measurement using double fish-eye stereo vision. This vision system consists of two stereo visions which are back to back each other. In this study, the fish-eye image is transformed into a panorama image and quantity of parallax is detected by applying a simple template matching to panorama image. Using this method, three dimensional measurement of the all-directional space is possible, though the system composition is simple. In the paper, the system is explained and an example of the experiment is shown.