Cooperative Distributed Vision

Takashi MATSUYAMA
Dept. of Intelligence Science and Technology
Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University
Sakyo, Kyoto, 606-8501 JAPAN
e-mail: tm@kuee.kyoto-u.ac.jp

• Introduction
• Background and Basic Idea
• Integrating Perception, Action, and Communication
  • Basic Functional Modeling
  • Communication between Vacuous AVAs
  • Communication between Embodied AVAs
  • Discussions
• Technological Research Issues
  • Hardware and Network Organization of a Prototype CDV System
  • Versatile Vision Sensors
    • Multi Focus Camera
    • Appearance Sphere Camera
  • Real Time Object Motion Understanding by Cooperative Observation Stations
    • Single Object Detection and Tracking by a Single Observation Station
    • Cooperative Tracking of a Single Object by Multiple Observation Stations
    • Communication Bases between Multiple Observation Stations
    • Multiple Object Detection and Tracking by Cooperative Dynamic Task Sharing
    • Wide Area Object Tracking by Multiple Observation Stations without Common Visual Fields
  • Versatile Image Generation by Cooperative Observation Stations
  • Learning Cooperative Behaviors for Vision-Based Mobile Robots
• Concluding Remarks
• References
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