THE DETECTION OF OBSTACLES BY THE HORIZON VIEW CAMERA

Abstract

We propose a new camera system called the Horizon View Camera (HVC), which can be installed in a small size robot. The HVC is a system in which the optical axis of the camera is directed to the horizon using a mirror. The obtained image consists only of objects without the ground. Therefore, by using the HVC system, distinguishing the object from the ground becomes very easy. We demonstrate the effectiveness of the HVC with experiments on the detection of the distance to the object by using features of the HVC.