Accession Number:

ADA171611

Title:

Transformation of Optical Flow by Camera Rotation

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.

Corporate Author:

MARYLAND UNIV COLLEGE PARK CENTER FOR AUTOMATION RESEARCH

Personal Author(s):

• Kanatani, Ken-Ichi

Report Date:

1985-11-01

Pagination or Media Count:

41.0

Abstract:

The effect of camera rotation on the description of optical flow is analyzed. The transformation law of the parameters is explicitly given by considering infinitesimal generators and irreducible reduction of the induced representation of the 3D rotation group. The parameter space is decomposed into invariant subspaces, and the optical flow is accordingly decomposed into two parts, from which an invariant basis is deduced. A procedure is presented to test the equivalence of two optical flows and to reconstruct the necessary amount of camera rotation. The relationship with the analytical expressions for 3D recovery is also discussed.

Descriptors:

• *COMPUTER APPLICATIONS
• *VISION
• CAMERAS
• FOURIER ANALYSIS
• IMAGE PROCESSING
• MOTION
• PROJECTIVE TECHNIQUES
• THREE DIMENSIONAL
• TRANSFORMATIONS(MATHEMATICS)

Subject Categories:

• Photography
• Human Factors Engineering and Man Machine Systems
• Bionics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE