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A Head-Eye Calibration Technique Using Image Rectification

영상 교정을 이용한 헤드-아이 보정 기법

  • Published : 2000.08.01
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Abstract

Head-eye calibration is a process for estimating the unknown orientation and position of a camera with respect to a mobile platform, such as a robot wrist. We present a new head-eye calibration technique which can be applied for platforms with rather limited motion capability In particular, the proposed calibration technique can be applied to find the relative orientation of a camera mounted on a linear translation platform which does not have rotation capability. The algorithm find the rotation using a calibration data obtained from pure Translation of a camera along two different axes We have derived a calibration algorithm exploiting the rectification technique in such a way that the rectified images should satisfy the epipolar constraint. We present the calibration procedure for both the rotation and the translation components of a camera relative to the platform coordinates. The efficacy of the algorithm is demonstrated through simulations and real experiments.

헤드-아이 보정은 로봇과 같이 이동 가능한 플랫폼상에 장착된 카메라의 방향과 위치를 추정하는 과정이다. 본 논문에서는 다소 제한적인 이동 자유도를 가진 플랫폼에 대해 적용할 수 있는 새로운 헤드-아이 보정 기법을 제시한다. 제안된 보정 기법은 특히 회전 자유도가 없는 선형 플랫폼 위에 장착된 카메라의 상대적인 회전 방향을 구하는데 적용될 수 있다. 서로 다른 두 개의 축 상에서의 순수한 천이(translation) 이동에 의해 얻어진 보정 데이터를 이용하여 회전 방향을 구하는 본 알고리듬은 교정된 스테레오 영상은 epipolar 조건을 만족시켜야 한다는 성질을 이용하여 유도되었다. 본 논문에서는 플랫폼 좌표계상에서의 카메라의 회전 및 천이 파라미터를 구하는 알고리듬을 제시하고, 모의 및 실제 실험 결과를 통해 본 알고리듬의 유효성을 검증한다.

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