Human stereo vision works by fusing a pair of perspective images with a purely horizontal parallax. Recent developments suggest that very few varieties of multiperspective stereo pairs exist. In this paper, we introduce a new stereo model, which we call epsilon stereo pairs, for fusing a broader class of multiperspective images. An epsilon stereo pair consists of two images with a slight vertic...

Panchromatic Remote-sensing Instrument for Stereo Mapping (PRISM), one of onboard sensors carried by Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS), was designed to generate worldwide topographic data with its optical stereoscopic observation. It has an exclusive ability to perform a triplet stereo observation which views forward, nadir, and backward along the satellite track in 2.5 m ground resoluti...

Panchromatic Remote-sensing Instrument for Stereo Mapping (PRISM), one of onboard sensors carried on the Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS), was designed to generate worldwide topographic data with its optical stereoscopic observation. The sensor consists of three independent panchromatic radiometers for viewing forward, nadir, and backward in 2.5m ground resolution producing a triplet st...

In response to recent needs of biologists, we lay the foundations for a real-time stereo vision-based system for monitoring flying honeybees in three dimensions at the beehive entrance. Tracking bees is a challenging task as they are numerous, small, and fast-moving targets with chaotic motion. Contrary to current state-of-the-art approaches, we propose to tackle the problem in 3D space. We pre...

Stereo high-resolution satellite imagery, such as Space Imaging’s IKONOS (1 m resolution) and DigitalGlobe’s QuickBird (submeter resolution), can provide accurate three-dimensional (3D) mapping products. Based on the rational function model, this study investigated the integration of IKONOS and QuickBird images. One pair of stereo IKONOS images and one pair of stereo QuickBird images, collected...

The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on-board the NASA's Terra spacecraft provides along-track digital stereo image data at 15m resolution with a base-height ratio 0.6. Automated stereocorrelation procedure was implemented using the ENVI 4.1 software to derive DEMs with 15m×15m in 43 km long and 50 km wide area using the ASTER stereo images. The cloud areas...

|This paper will report new results we have obtained in applying stereo vision algorithms to the problem of autonomous vehicle navigation on highways. The project consists of two parts: lane extraction and obstacle detection. Our lane extraction system is based on a parameterized model for the appearance of the lanes in the images. This model captures the position, orientation and width of the ...