Omni-Directional Stereoscopic Images from One Omni-Directional Camera

  • Authors:
  • Vajirasak Vanijja;Susumu Horiguchi

  • Affiliations:
  • School of Information Technology, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Bangmod, Thungkru, Thailand 10140;Department of Computer Science, Graduate School of Information Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan 980-8579

  • Venue:
  • Journal of VLSI Signal Processing Systems
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

Omni-directional stereoscopic images consist of two of omni-directional panoramic images, where each image is for the left eye and the right eye. The panoramic stereoscopic image provides a stereo sensation in a full 360° view. These omni-directional stereoscopic images cannot be produced by two omni-directional cameras from two viewpoints, but they can be constructed by mosaicking together the omni-directional images from four different positions around the user's position. This paper addresses a new technique for producing high-resolution, omni-directional stereoscopic images from one omni-directional sensor that is attached to a high-resolution digital still camera. This technique requires fewer photos and less time for the mosaic processes than previous approaches. A new display system is implemented on CAVE to interact with the stereoscopic images.