TY - JOUR
T1 - Design and evaluation of binocular stereoscopic system with variable vergence mechanism for near-field operation
AU - Sakamoto, Takashi
AU - Yakoh, Takahiro
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan.
Copyright:
Copyright 2014 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - In general tele-operation, an operator watches a video captured by a remote camera to perceive the scene of the target operating space. However, typical monocular video diminishes the perceptivity and comfort of its operator because of the lack of a sense of depth. To provide a sense of depth, a binocular stereoscopic camera and 3D display are employed for a tele-operation system. In general, a stereoscopic camera must be adjusted for parallax, especially for near-field shooting. Therefore, a control strategy for the parallax of a binocular stereoscopic vision system is investigated. One of the serious issues for 3D displays is the vergence-accommodation conflict. Therefore, the proposed system controls its vergence angle to resolve the conflict for an object watched by an operator. To evaluate the perceptivity of the system, sensory evaluations were conducted using the proposed stereoscopic system that consists of a 3D display and pan-tiltvergence (PTV) controllable binocular stereoscopic camera. When the binocular parallax was controlled as proposed, the task completion time was shortened, and the correctness of a 2D-3D distinction test was improved. These results verified that the proposed system improves the perceptivity of the remote space, especially for near-field operation.
AB - In general tele-operation, an operator watches a video captured by a remote camera to perceive the scene of the target operating space. However, typical monocular video diminishes the perceptivity and comfort of its operator because of the lack of a sense of depth. To provide a sense of depth, a binocular stereoscopic camera and 3D display are employed for a tele-operation system. In general, a stereoscopic camera must be adjusted for parallax, especially for near-field shooting. Therefore, a control strategy for the parallax of a binocular stereoscopic vision system is investigated. One of the serious issues for 3D displays is the vergence-accommodation conflict. Therefore, the proposed system controls its vergence angle to resolve the conflict for an object watched by an operator. To evaluate the perceptivity of the system, sensory evaluations were conducted using the proposed stereoscopic system that consists of a 3D display and pan-tiltvergence (PTV) controllable binocular stereoscopic camera. When the binocular parallax was controlled as proposed, the task completion time was shortened, and the correctness of a 2D-3D distinction test was improved. These results verified that the proposed system improves the perceptivity of the remote space, especially for near-field operation.
KW - Binocular stereoscopy
KW - Near field operation
KW - Vergence control
KW - Vergence-accommodation conflict
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U2 - 10.1541/ieejias.134.792
DO - 10.1541/ieejias.134.792
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84906995361
VL - 134
SP - 792
EP - 800
JO - IEEJ Transactions on Industry Applications
JF - IEEJ Transactions on Industry Applications
SN - 0913-6339
IS - 9
ER -