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@MISC{Svoboda00panoramiccameras,
author = {Tomas Svoboda},
title = {Panoramic cameras for 3D computation},
year = {2000}
}
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Abstract
In this paper, we review design and principles of existing panoramic cameras. Panoramic cameras which enable 3D computation in reasonable time for real time applications are emphasized. We classify panoramic cameras w.r.t. their construction, field of view, and existence of a single projective center. Using this classification we state a utility of the central catadioptric panoramic cameras. We show from which mirrors and conventional cameras can be constructed and expose that they are the only ones for which the epipolar geometry can be simply generalized. 1 Introduction A wide field of view eases the search for correspondences as corresponding points do not so often disappear from the field of view and helps to stabilize ego-motion estimation algorithms so that the rotation of the camera can be well distinguished from its translation [6]. As the panoramic cameras see a large part of the scene around them in each image, they can provide more complete reconstructions from fewer image...
