Recovering Camera Motion in a~Sequence of Underwater Images through Mosaicking

A procedure for automatic mosaic construction over long image sequences is presented. This mosaic is used by an underwater vehicle to estimate its motion with respect to the ocean floor. The system exploits texture cues to solve the correspondence problem. The dynamic selection of a reference image extracted from the mosaic improves motion estimation, bounding accumulated error. Experiments with real images are reported.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2003
• Where: IBPRIA
• Authors: Rafael García, Xavier Cufí, Viorela Ila
• Keywords: Automatic Mosaic Construction, IBPRIA 2003, Image Analysis, Mosaic, Mosaic Improves Motion