A minimum variance calibration algorithm for pan-tilt robotic cameras in natural environments

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 3449-3456

  Song, Dezhen ^a   Qin, Ni ^a   Goldberg, Ken ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION ALGORITHMS; HIGH RESOLUTION PANORAMIC DISPLAYS; IMAGE REGISTRATION ALGORITHM; PAN TILT ROBOTIC CAMERAS;

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; CAMERAS; ERROR CORRECTION; ESTIMATION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER;

INTELLIGENT ROBOTS;

EID: 33845631289     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2006.1642229     Document Type: Conference Paper

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