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Pano UMECHIKA: A Crowded Underground City Panoramic View System
Ismail Arai,Maiya Hori,Norihiko Kawai,Yohei Abe,Masahiro Ichikawa,Yusuke Satonaka,Tatsuki Nitta,Tomoyuki Nitta,Harumitsu Fujii,Masaki Mukai,Soichiro Horimi,Koji Makita,Masayuki Kanbara,Nobuhiko Nishio,Naokazu Yokoya +14 more
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This work proposes a method which simultaneously subtracts pedestrians based on background subtraction method and generates location metadata by manually input from maps and achieved an underground panoramic view system which displays no pedestrians.Abstract:
Toward a really useful navigation system, utilizing spherical panoramic photos with maps like Google Street View is efficient. Users expect the system to be available in all areas they go. Conventional shooting methods obtain the shot position from GPS sensor. However, indoor areas are out of GPS range. Furthermore, most urban public indoor areas are crowded with pedestrians. Even if we blur the pedestrians in a photo, the photos with blurring are not useful for scenic information. Thus, we propose a method which simultaneously subtracts pedestrians based on background subtraction method and generates location metadata by manually input from maps. Using these methods, we achieved an underground panoramic view system which displays no pedestrians.read more
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