Markerless tracking using planar structures in the scene

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We describe a markerless camera tracking system for augmented reality that operates in environments which contain one or more planes. This is a common special case, which we show significantly simplifies tracking. The result is a practical, reliable, vision-based tracker. Furthermore, the tracked plane imposes a natural reference frame, so that the alignment of the real and virtual coordinate systems is rather simpler than would be the case with a general structure-and-motion system. Multiple planes can be tracked, and additional data such as 2D point tracks are easily incorporated.

Authors: Simon, G; Fitzgibbon, AW; Zisserman, A

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: IEEE
• Host title: Proceedings IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Augmented Reality (ISAR 2000)
• Pages: 120-128
• Publication date: 2002-08-06
• Event title: IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Augmented Reality (ISAR 2000)
• Event location: Munich, Germany
• Event website: https://isar2000.vgtc.org/
• Event start date: 2000-10-05
• Event end date: 2000-10-06
• DOI: 10.1109/isar.2000.880935
• ISBN: 0769508464
• Language: English
• Keywords: calibration; robot kinematics; computer vision; layout; target tracking; broadcast technology; cameras; robot vision systems; augmented reality; computer errors