Image Reprojection and its Application in Epipolar Line Rectification

Abstract:

Image reprojection is a technique to generate novel images by projecting a reference image of any view. This paper first discusses the properties of the image reprojection when the camera rotates around its optical center. Then the methods for making the image planes parallel based on the properties are introduced. Finally, application of the image reprojection for epipolar line rectification is presented. A new epipolar line rectification method, which is characterized by reprojecting the images so as to make their image planes parallel, is given. The experiment results show that the presented rectification method works accurately with low image distortion.