Success Probability in Multi-View Imaging

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Auteurs principaux: Holodovsky, Vadim, Tzabari, Masada, Schechner, Yoav, Frid, Alex, Schilling, Klaus
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Publié: 2024
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author Holodovsky, Vadim
Tzabari, Masada
Schechner, Yoav
Frid, Alex
Schilling, Klaus
author_facet Holodovsky, Vadim
Tzabari, Masada
Schechner, Yoav
Frid, Alex
Schilling, Klaus
contents Platforms such as robots, security cameras, drones and satellites are used in multi-view imaging for three-dimensional (3D) recovery by stereoscopy or tomography. Each camera in the setup has a field of view (FOV). Multi-view analysis requires overlap of the FOVs of all cameras, or a significant subset of them. However, the success of such methods is not guaranteed, because the FOVs may not sufficiently overlap. The reason is that pointing of a camera from a mount or platform has some randomness (noise), due to imprecise platform control, typical to mechanical systems, and particularly moving systems such as satellites. So, success is probabilistic. This paper creates a framework to analyze this aspect. This is critical for setting limitations on the capabilities of imaging systems, such as resolution (pixel footprint), FOV, the size of domains that can be captured, and efficiency. The framework uses the fact that imprecise pointing can be mitigated by self-calibration - provided that there is sufficient overlap between pairs of views and sufficient visual similarity of views. We show an example considering the design of a formation of nanosatellites that seek 3D reconstruction of clouds.
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spellingShingle Success Probability in Multi-View Imaging
Holodovsky, Vadim
Tzabari, Masada
Schechner, Yoav
Frid, Alex
Schilling, Klaus
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Platforms such as robots, security cameras, drones and satellites are used in multi-view imaging for three-dimensional (3D) recovery by stereoscopy or tomography. Each camera in the setup has a field of view (FOV). Multi-view analysis requires overlap of the FOVs of all cameras, or a significant subset of them. However, the success of such methods is not guaranteed, because the FOVs may not sufficiently overlap. The reason is that pointing of a camera from a mount or platform has some randomness (noise), due to imprecise platform control, typical to mechanical systems, and particularly moving systems such as satellites. So, success is probabilistic. This paper creates a framework to analyze this aspect. This is critical for setting limitations on the capabilities of imaging systems, such as resolution (pixel footprint), FOV, the size of domains that can be captured, and efficiency. The framework uses the fact that imprecise pointing can be mitigated by self-calibration - provided that there is sufficient overlap between pairs of views and sufficient visual similarity of views. We show an example considering the design of a formation of nanosatellites that seek 3D reconstruction of clouds.
title Success Probability in Multi-View Imaging
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.21027