One of the interesting functionalities of the modern automotive industry
is the use of multiple cameras to monitor the vehicle’s surroundings. The
system consists of four cameras, the result of which is a single image that
illustrates what the surroundings of the car would look like, captured by
a camera placed above the car. In this thesis, we implemented a system
with four cameras mounted on a mobile robot. The cameras are positioned
to cover the entire surroundings of the mobile robot. We have developed
software that eliminates optical distortion in images, connects the images in
a common coordinate system, and creates a single floor plan image through
the mosaic process. We optimized the software so that we could control
the surroundings of the mobile robot live while it was moving. The results
showed that such a system works effectively when displaying lower objects
on a plane.
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