access icon free Accuracy assessment of single viewing techniques for metric measurements on single images

Single view methodology has been a long-standing issue of extracting metric information from a single image in the relevant disciplines. To perform metric measurements on a single image, two methods, which are based on identifying vanishing points (VPs), were employed in the study. One of the two methods is based on the cross ratio and VPs computation and the other integrates robust statistical estimators and close range techniques in a multidisciplinary concept. The estimation of object distance from a single image taken in an outdoor environment was the main concern for a practical application in the study. As the main concern of the study, accuracy analysis of distance measurements was performed to compare the performance of two techniques and experimental results are presented.

Inspec keywords: distance measurement; estimation theory; statistical analysis

Other keywords: vanishing point identification; single viewing technique; single image measurement; object distance estimation; close range technique; distance measurement; robust statistical estimator; VP identification

Subjects: Spatial variables measurement; Spatial variables measurement; Other topics in statistics; Probability theory, stochastic processes, and statistics; Signal processing and conditioning equipment and techniques

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