Estimating the motion of an underwater robot from a monocular image sequence

When underwater vehicles perform navigation close to the ocean floor, computer vision techniques can be applied to obtain quite accurate motion estimates. The most crucial step in the vision-based estimation of the vehicle motion consists on detecting matchings between image pairs. Here we propose t...

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Autores: García Campos, Rafael, Cufí i Solé, Xavier, Carreras Pérez, Marc
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2001
País:España
Recursos:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:10256/2315
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/10256/2315
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Reconeixement òptic de formes
Robots mòbils
Robots submarins
Visió per ordinador
Computer vision
Mobile robots
Optical pattern recognition
Underwater robots
Descrição
Resumo:When underwater vehicles perform navigation close to the ocean floor, computer vision techniques can be applied to obtain quite accurate motion estimates. The most crucial step in the vision-based estimation of the vehicle motion consists on detecting matchings between image pairs. Here we propose the extensive use of texture analysis as a tool to ameliorate the correspondence problem in underwater images. Once a robust set of correspondences has been found, the three-dimensional motion of the vehicle can be computed with respect to the bed of the sea. Finally, motion estimates allow the construction of a map that could aid to the navigation of the robot