Three-Steps Uncalibrated Rectification Using Epipolar Distance Transform
Li Mei Fu, Guo Hua Peng · Applied Mechanics and Materials · 2013
A direct, efficient method for the problem of epipolar rectification in the uncalibrated casewas proposed. The method was based on minimizing a measure ofdistortion, by introducing anepipolar distance transform. The transform converted image intensity values to a relative locationinside a planar segment along the epipolar line, so it was robust to noises. The ratio of the distancesbetween two matching points in the epipolar lines was theoretically proved invariant to an affinetransformation for planar surfaces. To calculate the relative rotation between both cameras, thealgorithm was decomposed into three-steps to limit the distortion. Results show that the new measureis more appropriate for image rectification, and the three-step algorithm has obtained an accuracycomparable result both in estimation error and visual effect, especially when the initial epipolar linesare far from horizontal.