Module cv_core::geom

This module contains functions to perform various geometric algorithms.

Translation along a bearing given one prior depth

This problem consumes a direction to translate along, a from CameraPoint, and a to NormalizedKeyPoint coordinate.

• t the translation bearing vector
• a the from point
• b the to epipolar point
• O the optical center
• @ the virtual image plane

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         /
        /
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   |  /
   | /
   |/
   O

The from coordinate is the relative 3d coordinate in camera space before translation.

The to coordinate is just a normalized keypoint that we wish to find the optimal translation to reproject as close as possible to.

The translation is a vector which will be scaled (multiplied) by the return value to get the actual 3d translation to move from from to to in 3d space.

Solutions to this problem:

• triangulate_bearing_intersection
• triangulate_bearing_reproject

It is recommended to use triangulate_bearing_reproject, as it is incredibly cheap to compute.

Functions

triangulate_bearing_intersection	This solves the translation along a bearing triangulation assuming that there is a perfect intersection.
triangulate_bearing_reproject	This solves the translation along a bearing triangulation by minimizing the reprojection error.