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A new method for describing the equivalence of catadioptric and stereographic projections is presented. This method produces a simple projection usable in all central catadioptric systems. A projective model for the sphere is constructed in such a way that it allows the effective use of Clifford algebra in the description of the geometrical entities on the spherical surface.
This work has been supported by DFG grant So-320/2-3.
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Tolvanen, A., Perwass, C., Sommer, G. (2005). Projective Model for Central Catadioptric Cameras Using Clifford Algebra. In: Kropatsch, W.G., Sablatnig, R., Hanbury, A. (eds) Pattern Recognition. DAGM 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3663. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11550518_24
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