Calibration of an Outdoor Distributed Camera Network with a 3D Point Cloud

• Published in: Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 14; no. 8; pp. 13708 - 13729
• Main Authors: Ortega, Agustín, Silva, Manuel, Teniente, Ernesto, Ferreira, Ricardo, Bernardino, Alexandre, Gaspar, José, Andrade-Cetto, Juan
• Format: Journal Article Publication
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 29.07.2014; MDPI
• Subjects: Algorithms; Artificial Intelligence; Automation; Automàtica i control; Calibration; camera network calibration; Cameras; Classificació INSPEC; ENVIRONMENTS; Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted - instrumentation; Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted - methods; Imaging, Three-Dimensional - instrumentation; Imaging, Three-Dimensional - methods; Informàtica; Lasers; Networks; Optimization techniques; Outdoor; Pattern Recognition, Automated - methods; Robots; Sensors; Three dimensional; Three dimensional models; Urban areas; Àrees temàtiques de la UPC; Spain, Cataluna, Barcelona

Outdoor camera networks are becoming ubiquitous in critical urban areas of the largest cities around the world. Although current applications of camera networks are mostly tailored to video surveillance, recent research projects are exploiting their use to aid robotic systems in people-assisting tas...