TY - GEN
T1 - High quality panoramic image generation using multiple panoramic annular lens images
AU - Araki, Satoshi
AU - Maeda, Kei
AU - Shibata, Keiji
AU - Horita, Yuukou
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Surveillance with intelligent camera systems is widely used in traffic control, driving assistance and surgery. One of the most essential specifications for surveillance systems is compactness. Therefore, in these applications with large field of view, we can avoid the use of multiple camera systems or mechanically controlled cameras. It is well known that omnidirectional camera systems using panoramic annular lens (PAL) have many advantages. Nevertheless, because of low spatial resolution of angle of elevation for the vertical direction of captured image by using PAL, the image after panoramic expansion usually has a disadvantage such as image quality degradation. To overcome this disadvantage, high quality panoramic image generation method is essential. Consequently, we propose the high quality panoramic image generation method using multiple PAL images. By synthesizing multiple PAL images for different zoom ratio, we can obtain fine quality panoramic image that improve image quality deterioration.
AB - Surveillance with intelligent camera systems is widely used in traffic control, driving assistance and surgery. One of the most essential specifications for surveillance systems is compactness. Therefore, in these applications with large field of view, we can avoid the use of multiple camera systems or mechanically controlled cameras. It is well known that omnidirectional camera systems using panoramic annular lens (PAL) have many advantages. Nevertheless, because of low spatial resolution of angle of elevation for the vertical direction of captured image by using PAL, the image after panoramic expansion usually has a disadvantage such as image quality degradation. To overcome this disadvantage, high quality panoramic image generation method is essential. Consequently, we propose the high quality panoramic image generation method using multiple PAL images. By synthesizing multiple PAL images for different zoom ratio, we can obtain fine quality panoramic image that improve image quality deterioration.
KW - Expansion
KW - High-quality
KW - Multiple image
KW - Omnidirectional camera system
KW - Panorama
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=78651065136&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ICIP.2010.5652454
DO - 10.1109/ICIP.2010.5652454
M3 - 会議への寄与
AN - SCOPUS:78651065136
SN - 9781424479948
T3 - Proceedings - International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP
SP - 1213
EP - 1216
BT - 2010 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2010 - Proceedings
T2 - 2010 17th IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2010
Y2 - 26 September 2010 through 29 September 2010
ER -