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Distance estimation in a system with a mobile camera

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

Summary

We consider the problem of distance estimation in the context of a mobile camera, as, for example, when the camera is attached to a robot arm. It is natural in this case to consider stereo motion, and we present here the theoretical basis for an axial stereo method based on cross-correlation using the Fast Fourier Transform, which is appropriate in the context considered here. Finally, we describe the state of implementation of the system in our laboratory.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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