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the mirrors n 1 and n 2 at u [1]
i
and u [2]
i
(white dots), then two reflective fundamental
matrices F [1]
and F [2]
do exist and can be computed from the corresponding pairs
( u [1]
i
u i ) and ( u [2]
i
u i ), respectively (cf. Proposition 1.2). From F [1] and F [2] , we can
then determine the epipoles e 1 and e 2 as their right null-spaces (black dots). Since
the direction of each epipole e j is always parallel to n j , j
,
,
∈{
,
}
1
2
, we then obtain
the following:
Proposition 1.5 (Mirror calibration with the epipoles). The angle
θ
between the
mirrors n 1 and n 2 is given by
= arccos ( K 1
e 1 ) T ( K 1
e 2 )
θ
.
K 1
e 1
K 1
e 2
In the next proposition the epipoles between the virtual cameras are used to solve
the mirror calibration problem (see Figure 1.7(a)). Let F [21] be the fundamental ma-
trix computed from the corresponding points ( u [1]
i
u [2 i ) and let
,
γ
be the angle be-
tween the virtual epipoles e [12] and e [21] . It is easy to verify that
= arccos ( K 1
e [12] ) T ( K 1
e [21] )
.
γ
e [12]
e [21]
K 1
K 1
Proposition 1.6 (Mirror calibration with the virtual epipoles). The angle
θ
be-
tween the mirrors n 1 and n 2 is given by
= π γ
2
θ
.
Remark 1.3. It is worth emphasizing here that our calibration notion is different
from that considered in previous works (and notably in [6]). In fact, with “mirror
calibration” we mean the estimation of the angle between the mirrors, while in [6]
the authors mean the estimation the focal length of the camera and the orientation
of the mirrors screw axis .
1.4.2
Image-based Camera Localization
This section deals with the estimation of the rigid motion ( R c w ,
t c w ) of the camera
c
with respect to a world frame
w
. In the interest of simplicity, we will assume
that the z -axis of
w
coincides with the mirrors screw axis and the x -axis lies on
mirror n 1 .
Proposition 1.7 provides a method to estimate the matrix R c w , while Proposition
1.8 presents two methods for computing the projection of t c w on the plane defined
by the camera centers. Consider the setup reported in Figures 1.7(a-b). If at least
two corresponding points exist between
,then
the fundamental matrices F [1] and F [2] exist. Let e 1 and e 2 be the epipoles having
unitary norm considered in Proposition 1.5, z w ( c )
c
and
v 1
and between
c
and
v 2
e 1 ×
e 2 and x w ( c )
e 1 ×
z w ( c ) .
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