FlyCam: practical panoramic video

ABSTRACT

This demonstration presents a computationally and materially inexpensive system for panoramic video imaging. Digitally combining images from an array of inexpensive video cameras results in a wide-field panoramic camera, from inexpensive off-the-shelf- hardware. Digital processing both corrects lens distortion and seamlessly merges images into a panoramic video image. Electronically selecting a region of this results in a rapidly steerable “virtual camera.”

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.5 INFORMATION INTERFACES AND PRESENTATION (I.7)
      H.5.1 Multimedia Information Systems
          Subjects: Video (e.g., tape, disk, DVI)

Additional Classification:
  I. Computing Methodologies
  I.4 IMAGE PROCESSING AND COMPUTER VISION
      I.4.0 General

General Terms:
Design, Management, Performance, Theory

Keywords:
image warping, panoramic immersive video, stitching, webcam