Some Properties Of A General Camera Model

Wolfgang Kober; Charles B. Grosch

doi:10.1117/12.959156

23 December 1980 Some Properties Of A General Camera Model

Wolfgang Kober, Charles B. Grosch

Proceedings Volume 0238, Image Processing for Missile Guidance; (1980) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.959156
Event: 24th Annual Technical Symposium, 1980, San Diego, United States

Abstract

In order to find the three-space coordinates of a scene from a pair of images it is necessary to obtain a "camera model" for each image. If the geometry and physics of the camera are complicated, it may be more convenient to develop the camera model from phenomenological considerations rather than from exact geometric and physical considerations. Thus, some properties of a general camera model are investigated. A general camera model is defined as a transformation from three-space onto two-space such that the pre-image of any point in two-space is a straight line. Therefore, an arbitrary transformation from three-space onto two-space is not a camera model. The most general camera model which maps any straight line in three-space to a straight line in two-space is developed. Finally, the general properties of a pair of images which possess an "epipolar geometry" are examined, and an example of a camera model which yields "epipolar curves" (as opposed to lines) is given.

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Wolfgang Kober and Charles B. Grosch "Some Properties Of A General Camera Model", Proc. SPIE 0238, Image Processing for Missile Guidance, (23 December 1980); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.959156

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