Tilting Optimization of Fixed Stereovision Cameras

The article describes a stereoscopic camera system based on a pair of separate cameras. The cameras are stationary and tilted together. The value of their tilting angle is derived in regards to their utilization of the chip area. By optimizing tilting we can maximally utilize the chip area, without the unused parts. It can increase the size of the cropped image of both left and right images as well as their resolution. The results were tested and verified on a real stereoscopic system used for an exploratory mobile robot.