TY - GEN
T1 - Hybrid control for mobile target localization with stereo vision
AU - Freundlich, Charles
AU - Mordohai, Philippos
AU - Zavlanos, Michael M.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - In this paper, we control image collection for a mobile stereo camera that is actively localizing a group of mobile targets. In particular, assuming that at least one pair of stereo images of the targets is available, we propose a novel approach to control the rotation and translation of the stereo camera so that the next observation of the targets will minimize their localization uncertainty. We call this problem the Next-Best-View problem for mobile targets (mNBV). The advantage of using a stereo camera is that, using triangulation, the two simultaneous images taken by the robot during a single observation can yield range and bearing measurements of the targets, as well as their uncertainty. A Kalman filter fuses the full state history and covariance estimates, as more measurements are acquired. Our solution to the mNBV problem determines the relative transformations between camera and targets that will minimize the fused uncertainty of the targets' locations. We determine a motion plan that realizes the mNBV while respecting field of view constraints. In particular, with every new observation, we compute a new mNBV in the frame relative to the camera and subsequently realize this view in global coordinates via a gradient descent algorithm that also respects field of view constraints. Integration of mNBV with motion planning results in a hybrid system, which we illustrate in computer simulations.
AB - In this paper, we control image collection for a mobile stereo camera that is actively localizing a group of mobile targets. In particular, assuming that at least one pair of stereo images of the targets is available, we propose a novel approach to control the rotation and translation of the stereo camera so that the next observation of the targets will minimize their localization uncertainty. We call this problem the Next-Best-View problem for mobile targets (mNBV). The advantage of using a stereo camera is that, using triangulation, the two simultaneous images taken by the robot during a single observation can yield range and bearing measurements of the targets, as well as their uncertainty. A Kalman filter fuses the full state history and covariance estimates, as more measurements are acquired. Our solution to the mNBV problem determines the relative transformations between camera and targets that will minimize the fused uncertainty of the targets' locations. We determine a motion plan that realizes the mNBV while respecting field of view constraints. In particular, with every new observation, we compute a new mNBV in the frame relative to the camera and subsequently realize this view in global coordinates via a gradient descent algorithm that also respects field of view constraints. Integration of mNBV with motion planning results in a hybrid system, which we illustrate in computer simulations.
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U2 - 10.1109/CDC.2013.6760280
DO - 10.1109/CDC.2013.6760280
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84902341078
SN - 9781467357173
T3 - Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control
SP - 2635
EP - 2640
BT - 2013 IEEE 52nd Annual Conference on Decision and Control, CDC 2013
T2 - 52nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, CDC 2013
Y2 - 10 December 2013 through 13 December 2013
ER -