One crucial ingredient for augmented reality application is having or obtaining information about the environment. In this paper, we examine the case of an augmented video application for vehicle-mounted cameras facing forward. In particular, we examine the method of obtaining geometry information of the environment via stereo computation / structure from motion. A detailed analysis of the geometry of the problem is provided, in particular of the singularity in front of the vehicle. For typical scenes, we compare monocular configurations with stereo configurations subject to the packaging constraints of forward-facing cameras in consumer vehicles.

Date Published: 26 June 2017
PDF: 9 pages
Proc. SPIE 10332, Videometrics, Range Imaging, and Applications XIV, 103320K (26 June 2017); doi: 10.1117/12.2269716

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 10332:
Videometrics, Range Imaging, and Applications XIV
Fabio Remondino; Mark R. Shortis, Editor(s)