Calibrating Distributed Camera Networks Using Belief Propagation. (24th September 2006)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Devarajan Devarajan, Dhanya Dhanya; Radke Radke, Richard J. Richard J.
• Other Names: Kundur Kundur Deepa Deepa Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: EURASIP journal on advances in signal processing. Volume 2007(2007)
• Publication Date: 2006-09-24
• Subjects: Signal processing -- Periodicals; Traitement du signal; Signal processing; Periodicals; 621.3822
• DOI: 10.1155/2007/60696
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1687-6172

Abstract

Abstract : We discuss how to obtain the accurate and globally consistent self-calibration of a distributed camera network, in which camera nodes with no centralized processor may be spread over a wide geographical area. We present a distributed calibration algorithm based on belief propagation, in which each camera node communicates only with its neighbors that image a sufficient number of scene points. The natural geometry of the system and the formulation of the estimation problem give rise to statistical dependencies that can be efficiently leveraged in a probabilistic framework. The camera calibration problem poses several challenges to information fusion, including overdetermined parameterizations and nonaligned coordinate systems. We suggest practical approaches to overcome these difficulties, and demonstrate the accurate and consistent performance of the algorithm using a simulated 30-node camera network with varying levels of noise in the correspondences used for calibration, as well as an experiment with 15 real images.