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Use of Optical Flow Information with three Cameras for Robot Navigation

로봇 주행을 위한 세개의 카메라를 사용한 광류 정보 활용

  • 이수용 (홍익대학교 기계시스템디자인공학과)
  • Received : 2011.11.15
  • Accepted : 2011.12.20
  • Published : 2012.02.01
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Abstract

This paper describes a new design of optical flow estimation system with three cameras. Optical flow provides useful information of camera movement; however a unique solution is not usually available for unknowns including the depth information. A camera and two tilted cameras are used to have different view of angle and direction of movement to the camera axis. Geometric analysis is performed for cases of several independent movements. The ideas of taking advantage of the extra information for robot navigation are discussed with experimental results.

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