Bird's Eye View Images

Installing a bird's eye view camera on the ceiling or other place in the MREAL space allows you to display, for example, the positional relationship between the MREAL user and 3D CG on an external monitor as bird's eye view images.

Note

  • For details on how to install a bird's eye view camera and connect it to a PC, refer to the instruction manual of the bird's eye view camera.

Selecting Bird's Eye View Camera and Configuring Detailed Settings

  1. Select [Basic Settings] in the MREAL Configuration Tool window.

  2. Select [Other] in [Select Camera Device].

  3. Select the model of the bird's eye view camera from the [Model] list.

  4. Click [Detailed Settings].

    • Configure the detailed settings for the selected bird's eye view camera.

Configuring Detailed Settings of Logicool Brio

Executing Calibration

Execute calibration before installing the Logicool Brio.

  1. Place the calibration patterns on the floor or other surface.

  2. Click [Start Tool] in the [Camera Parameter Setting] area on the [Camera] tab.

    • The Camera Parameter Tool window appears.

  3. Capture the calibration patterns with the Logicool Brio.

    • From directly above (A), make adjustments so that all of the calibration patterns fit in the screen and then click [Grab].

    • From the directions of (B) to (E), make adjustments so that the screen is full of calibration patterns centered on the six patterns at the center and then capture them.

    • Capture at least three images in one direction, and up to a total of 24 images.
    • When capturing in all directions is completed, click [Calculate].

  4. When the following window appears, click [Close].

  5. Check the calculation results (calibration results) and click [Apply] if there is no problem.

    • The calculation results can be checked by placing check marks in [Verify Results] of [Perspective Conversion] and [Correction On] of [Lens Radial Distortion].

    • If perspective conversion is performed properly, cube frames such as the following are displayed on the calibration patterns in the Camera Parameter Tool window.

    • If lens radial distortion is corrected properly, the lines (yellow and blue) on the calibration patterns are displayed straight.

    • If the checked results are not appropriate, click [Delete] to delete the captured images and then perform the procedure again from step 3.

Various Parameter Settings

Click [Settings] in the [Image Adjustment/Camera Control] area on the [Camera] tab. If you click [Default Value] in the following window, the default values of Logicool are reflected.

Other Settings

For details on the settings of the [Display] tab and [Coordinate System] tab, see the items of the corresponding tab in “Configuring Detailed Settings of Basic Settings”.

Configuring Detailed Settings of RealSense

For details on the settings of each tab, see the items of the corresponding tab in “Configuring Detailed Settings of Basic Settings”.