Removal of Translation Bias when Using Subspace Methods

  • Authors:
  • W. James MacLean

  • Affiliations:
  • -

  • Venue:
  • ICCV '99 Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Vision-Volume 2 - Volume 2
  • Year:
  • 1999

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Abstract

Given estimates of the motion field (optic flow) from an image sequence, it is possible to recover translational direction, ~ T , using a variety of techniques. One such technique, known as "subspace methods," generates constraints which are perpendicular to ~ T , so that two distinct constraints allow a solution for ~ T . In practice many constraints are used in a least-squares solution, but it has been observed that the recovered estimates for ~ T are biased towards the optical axis. While the cause of the bias is well known, previous attempts to remove it have been awed. This paper outlines a new method which removes the bias. The technique is simple to apply and computationally efficient.