PANORAMIC VIDEO SYSTEM

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PANORAMIC VIDEO SYSTEM

• BY
• IMRAN ACHMED

SUPERVISOR MR. J. CONNAN
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PROJECT OVERVIEW

• Simultaneously record and merge together multiple
  video sequences to form a single video sequence.
• This is known as a panoramic video sequence.

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IMPLEMENTATION

• Extract frames
• Barrel transformation
• Perspective Transformation
• Grayscale
• Edge Detection
• Distance Transformation
• Match the Frames
• Create Video

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INTRODUCTION

• First Implementation
• Methodology
• Second Implementation
• Perspective Transformation
• Transformation Attempts 1 2
• Project Timeline
• References
• Demonstration

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FIRST IMPLEMENTATION

• Cameras facing forward and apart with overlap.

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METHODOLOGY
Left Video
Right Video
Right Video
Right Video

• Grayscale
• Edge Detection
• Distance
• Transformation
• Merge

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SECOND IMPLEMENTATION

• Cameras facing at an angle and apart with
  overlap.

With Perspective Transformation
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PERSPECTIVE TRANSFORMATION

• Transforms a 2D image into 3D and back into 2D.

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TRANSFORMATION ATTEMPT 1
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TRANSFORMATION ATTEMPT 2

• Using Imagemagick to perform the perspective
  transformation.

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320 x 240 Perspective Image
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PROJECT TIMELINE
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REFERENCES

• W. Tang, T. Wang P. Heng. A system for
  real-time Panorama Generation and Display in
  Tele-immersive Applications.
• A. Agarwala , K. Zhang , C. Pal , M. Agarwala ,
  M. Cohen , B. Curless , D. Salesin R. Szeliski
  , (2005). Panoramic Video Textures. University of
  Washington, Microsoft Research University of
  Massachuseits.
• S. Gumustekin R.W. Hall, (1996). Mosaic Image
  Generation on a flattened Gaussian sphere. In
  Proceedings of IEEE Workshop on Application of
  Computer Vision, pp. 50-55.

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DEMONSTRATION

• Discuss the changes in the UIS, OOA OOD.
• Show the merging process.
• Demo the software.