Joint Under and Over Water Calibration of a Swimmer Tracking System

Sebastian Haner, Linus Svärm, Erik Ask, Anders Heyden

2015

Abstract

This paper describes a multi-camera system designed for capture and tracking of swimmers both above and below the surface of a pool. To be able to measure the swimmer’s position, the cameras need to be accurately calibrated. Images captured below the surface provide a number of challenges, mainly due to refraction and reflection effects at optical media boundaries. We present practical methods for intrinsic and extrinsic calibration of two sets of cameras, optically separated by the water surface, and for stitching panoramas allowing synthetic panning shots of the swimmer.

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Haner S., Svärm L., Ask E. and Heyden A. (2015). Joint Under and Over Water Calibration of a Swimmer Tracking System . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Pattern Recognition Applications and Methods - Volume 2: ICPRAM, ISBN 978-989-758-077-2, pages 142-149. DOI: 10.5220/0005183701420149


in Bibtex Style

@conference{icpram15,
author={Sebastian Haner and Linus Svärm and Erik Ask and Anders Heyden},
title={Joint Under and Over Water Calibration of a Swimmer Tracking System},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Pattern Recognition Applications and Methods - Volume 2: ICPRAM,},
year={2015},
pages={142-149},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005183701420149},
isbn={978-989-758-077-2},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Pattern Recognition Applications and Methods - Volume 2: ICPRAM,
TI - Joint Under and Over Water Calibration of a Swimmer Tracking System
SN - 978-989-758-077-2
AU - Haner S.
AU - Svärm L.
AU - Ask E.
AU - Heyden A.
PY - 2015
SP - 142
EP - 149
DO - 10.5220/0005183701420149