Pan-tilt cameras are often used as components of wide-area surveillance systems. It is necessary to calibrate these cameras in relation to one another in order to obtain a consistent representation of the entire space. Existing methods for calibrating pan-tilt cameras have assumed an idealized model of camera mechanics. In addition, most methods have been calibrated using only a small range of camera motion. We present a method for calibrating pan-tilt cameras that introduces a more complete model of camera motion. Pan and tilt rotations are modeled as occurring around arbitrary axes in space. In addition, the wide area surveillance system itself is used to build a large virtual calibration object, resulting in better calibration than would be possible with a single small calibration target. Finally, the proposed enhancements are validated experimentally, with comparisons showing the improvement provided over more traditional methods.


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    Title :

    Calibrating pan-tilt cameras in wide-area surveillance networks


    Contributors:
    Davis, (author) / Chen, (author)


    Publication date :

    2003-01-01


    Size :

    948619 byte




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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