@string{dicta="Proceedings of International Conference on Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications"}
@INPROCEEDINGS{Santa-Kato2013a,
  author = {Zsolt Santa and Zoltan Kato},
  title = {Pose Estimation of Ad-hoc Mobile Camera Networks},
  booktitle = dicta,
  year = {2013},
  pages = {1--8},
  address = {Hobart, Tasmania, Australia},
  month = nov,
  publisher = {IEEE},
  doi = {10.1109/DICTA.2013.6691514},
  abstract = {An algorithm is proposed for the pose estimation of ad-hoc mobile
	camera networks with overlapping views. The main challenge is to
	estimate camera parameters with respect to the 3D scene without any
	specific calibration pattern, hence allowing for a consistent, camera-independent
	world coordinate system. The only assumption about the scene is that
	it contains a planar surface patch of a low-rank texture, which is
	visible in at least two cameras. Such low-rank patterns are quite
	common in urban environments. The proposed algorithm consists of
	three main steps: relative pose estimation of the cameras within
	the network, followed by the localization of the network within the
	3D scene using a low-rank surface patch, and finally the estimation
	of a consistent scale for the whole system. The algorithm follows
	a distributed architecture, hence the computing power of the participating
	mobile devices are efficiently used. The performance and robustness
	of the proposed algorithm have been analyzed on both synthetic and
	real data. Experimental results confirmed the relevance and applicability
	of the method.}
}