Panoramic cameras for 3D computation

In this paper, we review design and principles of existing panoramic cameras. Panoramic cameras which en- able 3D computation in reasonable time for real time ap- plications are emphasized. We classify panoramic cameras w.r.t. their construction, field of view, and existence of a sin- gle projective center. Using this classification we state a util- ity of the central catadioptric panoramic cameras. We show from which mirrors and conventional cameras can be con- structed and expose that they are the only ones for which the epipolar geometry can be simply generalized.

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