Motion Blur and Chicken Heads Anonymous MIT student Computational Photography 2009 A moving camera creates blur Current solutions Moving Film Multiple cameras in a line Drawing of camera system removed due to copyright restrictions See Fig 6 in Leberl F et al 2003 The ultracam large format aerial digital camera system Proceedings of the American Society For Photogrammetry Remote Sensing pp 5 9 http vicos fri uni lj si data publications leberl03the pdf Prinz Reinhard 1985 Method and means for compensating for image motion in an aerial camera United States Patent 4 505 559 Schematic of airplane based Leica Geosystems ADS40 imaging system removed due to copyright restrictions See Fig 5 in Leberl F et al 2002 Novel Concepts for Aerial Digital Cameras Proceedings of the ISPRS Commission I Symposium http vicos fri uni lj si data publications leberl02novel pdf Linescan cameras Nature Inspired Still image from video by destinws2 Chicken Head Tracking Pennywhistle Productions 15 June 2008 YouTube Accessed 1 June 2010 http www youtube com watch v dPlkFPowCc Courtesy of Destin Sandlin Used with permission Idea Don t Move the Camera relatively Benefits Digital More light Consistent angle Limitations Moving parts Speed sensor 1 dimensional Simulated Results dont move shift add multicam rotate Physical Prototype Performance Prototype Chain vibrates camera Camera wires tangle Two cameras not enough Unreliable direct drive 20 Future Smooth belt systems wireless many small cameras Sensors and motors Summary Q How do we take a sharp image of a static scene from a moving vehicle A Don t move the camera South Facing Chariot 6D robot arms Photo of robot arm removed due to copyright restrictions Photo of chariot removed due to copyright restrictions Google Street View Photo of car with cameras attached to roof removed due to copyright restrictions MIT OpenCourseWare http ocw mit edu MAS 531 Computational Camera and Photography Fall 2009 For information about citing these materials or our Terms of Use visit http ocw mit edu terms