An efficient approach for the calibration of multiple PTZ cameras

IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 286-293

  Chen, I Hsien ^a   Wang, Sheng Jyh ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Camera calibration; Multiple cameras; Pan tilt zoom (PTZ) camera

Indexed keywords

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; CALIBRATION; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; IMAGE ACQUISITION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CAMERA CALIBRATION; MULTIPLE CAMERAS; PAN-TILT-ZOOM (PTZ) CAMERA;

CAMERAS;

EID: 34147101732     PISSN: 15455955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASE.2006.884040     Document Type: Article

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