Single camera stereo system using prism and mirrors

Abstract

Stereo and 3D reconstruction are used by many applications such as object modeling, facial expression studies and human motion analysis. But synchronizing multiple high frame rate cameras require special hardware or sophisticated software solutions. In this paper, we propose a single camera stereo system by using a setup made of prism and mirrors. Our setup is cost effective, portable and can be calibrated similar to two camera stereo to obtain high quality 3D reconstruction. We demonstrate the application of the proposed system in dynamic 3D face expression capture, depth super-resolution in stereo video and general depth estimation. © 2010 Springer-Verlag.