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Omnidirectional Vision

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Catadioptric vision; Multi-perspective vision; Panoramic vision; Polycameras

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Omnidirectional vision deals with the processing and extraction of information from images with large fields of view. Usually by omnidirectional vision, it is meant images with (horizontal/vertical) fields of view of no less than 180∘ (continuous or not) and (vertical/horizontal) fields of view of no less than 40∘ (continuous or not).

Overview

Omnidirectional vision is useful for many applications, namely, virtual and mixed reality, wide area surveillance, videoconferencing, and robotics (especially mobile robotics). A wide field of view is especially relevant for mobile robotics since it facilitates localization, navigation, mapping, and obstacle detection (Zheng and Tsuji, 1992; Yagi et al., 1994, 1995). Simultaneous Localisation And Mapping (SLAM) can also benefit from omnidirectional images since most methods need features and textured images. In environments with low texture, sparse...

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  1. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Institute of Systems and Robotics, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Helder Araujo

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  1. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Blk 1E Gillman Hts #17-43, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

    Marcelo H Ang

  2. Department of Computer Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA

    Oussama Khatib

  3. Dipto di Informatica e Sistemistca, Univ di Napoli Federico II, Napoli, Italy

    Bruno Siciliano

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    François Chaumette

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Araujo, H. (2020). Omnidirectional Vision. In: Ang, M., Khatib, O., Siciliano, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Robotics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41610-1_101-1

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