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[Studies in Computational Intelligence 481] Artur Babiarz, Robert Bieda, Karol Jędrasiak, Aleksander Nawrat (auth.), Aleksander Nawrat, Zygmunt Kuś (eds.) - Vision Based Systemsfor UAV Applications (2013, Sprin

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Omnidirectional Video Acquisition Device (OVAD) 135<br />

Due to the fact, that it is very difficult to flawlessly place cameras <strong>in</strong> a frame so<br />

that they are all perfectly<br />

at the same height, a slider, seen at the left side of the<br />

displayed image (fig. 8),<br />

was implemented, enabl<strong>in</strong>g lift<strong>in</strong>g or lower<strong>in</strong>g of the<br />

image for each camera separately. Furthermore, below the image, there are sliders<br />

provid<strong>in</strong>g the possibility of shift<strong>in</strong>g the edge of the image for a selected camera.<br />

Their role is to narrow the<br />

image from the right or left side. The necessity for such<br />

an <strong>in</strong>trusion <strong>in</strong> the image arises when parts of the registered objects are doubled <strong>in</strong><br />

streams captured by two adjacent cameras. It means that the object is as far from<br />

the cameras as to fit <strong>in</strong> the<br />

visual fields of both the cameras. There exists only one<br />

such distance from both of the cameras, when fields of vision of cameras will<br />

<strong>in</strong>tersect and the observed<br />

object will be perfectly composed (Fig. 12).<br />

Fig. 12. Cameras visual fields<br />

Use of the above elements and mechanisms fulfilled the functionalities desired<br />

to be delivered by application. It is possible to capture real time view <strong>in</strong> the entire<br />

sphere around the device, tak<strong>in</strong>g relatively short time to access the video stream<br />

from a selected direction. The implementation of the function, collect<strong>in</strong>g the im-<br />

ages from adjacent cameras, made it possible to create an un<strong>in</strong>terrupted video<br />

panorama, <strong>in</strong> which the places, where the successive images jo<strong>in</strong>, can hardly be<br />

seen.<br />

6 Summary<br />

Implemented device can be found as useful <strong>in</strong> wide area of contemporary <strong>in</strong>dustry.<br />

Firstly, because of its small size and weight OVAD can be mount on various un-<br />

manned vehicles. General purpose of overall project was creation of device that<br />

would be used on <strong>UAV</strong> (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle), as an alternative to widely<br />

used rotat<strong>in</strong>g cameras. Another example of utilization may be us<strong>in</strong>g OVAD as<br />

<strong>in</strong>spection probe camera, e.g. <strong>in</strong> supervis<strong>in</strong>g of m<strong>in</strong>e shafts or wells. Device may<br />

be also useful <strong>in</strong> all k<strong>in</strong>ds of CCTV (closed-circuit television). OVAD has a few<br />

advantages over another solutions like mentioned rotat<strong>in</strong>g cameras:

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