A constraint-based autonomous 3D camera system

Constraints

Volumn 13, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 180-205

  Bourne, Owen ^a   Sattar, Abdul ^a   Goodwin, Scott ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

3D autonomous camera; Camera control; Cinematic constraints

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MOTION CONTROL; PROBLEM SOLVING; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

3D AUTONOMOUS CAMERA; CAMERA CONTROL; CINEMATIC CONSTRAINTS;

CAMERAS;

EID: 43049175070     PISSN: 13837133     EISSN: 15729354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10601-007-9026-8     Document Type: Article

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