Measurement of Shake in the Camera in a Shelling Zone

Abstract

The stability of the camera in an imaging system stationed for the measurement of coordinates of moving objects is of paramount importance, failing which system can generate erroneous results leading to loss of higher order1. Losses can be as high as human lives in a battlefield scenario where tracking the moving object and measuring its coordinates in real-time is crucial for countermeasures against such moving objects/ threats. This paper presents a technique that uses the basic properties of an imaging system and existing corner detection techniques to measure the movement caused in the camera due to shaking of the ground. A system with a camera pair is discussed in this paper as a case for understanding the effects of shaking of the ground on the imaging system. A solution is devised to measure these effects and feed them to a feasible compensation system. It can always lead to realizing a system with minimum errors to maximize the saving of human lives.