Introduction
Objective:
Developing a perception system for
applications of planetary intervention and for others which
require accurate 3D measurements.
- The binocular stereovision has been chosen for its robustness.
- Metric reconstruction of the environment is necessary.
- The calibration must be performed on site. (but how ?)
Classical Methods:
- Advantages:
- fast; points of reference known with
very high precision
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shortcomings:
- Difficult to bring them into operation for space
applications
Chosen solution: calibration apparatus mounted on the vehicle
- Independent calibration for each camera
This leads to the deterioration of the estimation of the epipolar geometry.
- Calibration only valid for a limited work volume
near the apparatus's position
This leads to the deterioration of the calibration
performance when we move away.
Key Ideas of Our Technique:
- Reinforce the epipolar constraint
- by using matches between the cameras
- Enlarge the validity volume of the calibration
- by using data from both calibration apparatus and the environment
(This is possible because the cameras are rigidly attached to each other.)
Author: Zhengyou Zhang
Email: zzhang@sophia.inria.fr
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