A Study of Generalized Horizon View Camera

Abstract

In this paper, we described various properties of a Generalized Horizon View Camera (GHVC). Original Horizon View Camera (HVC) is a optical system composed of a camera and a mirror. HVC put a single camera on the ground, and the optical axis of the camera is set on the horizon by a mirror. HVC can obtain two kinds of images. One is the image including only objects on the ground in front of the HVC. The other image is including just in front of the HVC. Therefore, it is possible to detect object easily. The GHVC is able to improve a degree of freedom of HVC. In this experiment, we measured a distance to an object by the GHVC. We confirmed that detecting object using the GHVC was effective.