ViSP API documentation

Under development version

ViSP (March 30th, 2012) snapshot API documentation corresponding to the current in development SVN version of ViSP.

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ViSP 2.6.1 API documentation corresponding to the latest release.

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ViSP getting started and tutorials

1. Getting started for Unix platforms  
   This tutorial explains how to build ViSP from sources and how to start your own application using ViSP under Unix platform including Linux, OSX, Ubuntu... Last update September 6th, 2011.
2. Getting started for Windows  
   This tutorial explains how to build ViSP from sources and how to start your own application using ViSP under Windows. Last update September 6th, 2011.
3. ViSP tracking methods overview (slides)
   This presentation gives an overview of the dot trackers, KLT point trackers, moving edges trackers and 3D model-based tracker available in ViSP. Last update October 12th, 2010.
4. ViSP wireframe simulator
   This tutorial explains how to use the wireframe simulator. Last update September 1st, 2010.
5. Augmented reality using vpAROgre class
   This tutorial shows how to use ViSP to write an augmented reality application that uses Ogre 3D rendering engine. Last update September 1st, 2011.
6. Image manipulation and processing
   This document focus on ViSP image manipulation and tracking in image sequences. Last update April 24th, 2012.
7. Computer vision algorithms
   This document focus on computer vision algorithms implemented in ViSP. Camera calibration and pose estimation using the 3D model based tracker are described. Last update April 24th, 2012.
8. Geometric transformations and objects
   This document focus on geometric transformations (3D and vision related transformations) and objects (point, straight line, cylinder, circle, sphere, image moments) that are implemented in ViSP. Last update January 30th, 2012.
9. Building a visual servoing task
   This document describes 2D and 3D visual features and the way they can be used to build a visual servo. Last update October 27th, 2011.

ViSP references

1. E. Marchand, F. Spindler, F. Chaumette. ViSP for visual servoing: a generic software platform with a wide class of robot control skills. IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, Special Issue on "Software Packages for Vision-Based Control of Motion", P. Oh, D. Burschka (Eds.), 12(4):40-52, December 2005.
2. E. Marchand. ViSP: A Software Environment for Eye-in-Hand Visual Servoing. In IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, ICRA'99, Volume 4, Pages 3224-3229, Detroit, Michigan, Mai 1999.

Visual servoing references

1. F. Chaumette, S. Hutchinson. Visual servo control, Part I: Basic approaches. IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, 13(4):82-90, December 2006.

2. F. Chaumette, S. Hutchinson. Visual servo control, Part II: Advanced approaches. IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, 14(1):109-118, March 2007.

3. S. Hutchinson, G. Hager, P. Corke. A tutorial on Visual Servo Control.  IEEE trans. on Robotics and Automation, 12(5):651-670, October 1996.
4. B. Espiau, F. Chaumette, P. Rives. A new approach to visual servoing in robotics. IEEE Trans. on Robotics and Automation, 8(3):313-326, June 1992.
5. F. Chaumette. La relation vision-commande: théorie et application à des tâches robotiques. PhD Thesis Université de Rennes 1, IRISA, July 1990.

Visual tracking references

1. A.I. Comport, E. Marchand, M. Pressigout, F. Chaumette. Real-time markerless tracking for augmented reality: the virtual visual servoing framework. IEEE Trans. on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 12(4):615-628, July 2006.

2. E. Marchand, F. Chaumette. Feature tracking for visual servoing purposes. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Special issue on Advances in Robot Vision, D. Kragic, H. Christensen (Eds.), 52(1):53-70, July 2005.