Camera Calibration of a NintendoWii Remote using PA-10 Robotic Arms

Grimes, Holly S.; Ferguson, Robin Stuart; McMenemy, Karen

Camera Calibration of a NintendoWii Remote using PA-10 Robotic Arms

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Date

2008

Authors

Grimes, Holly S.
Ferguson, Robin Stuart
McMenemy, Karen

Publisher

The Eurographics Association

Abstract

The Remote control unit for the Nintendo Wii computer games console features an infrared camera capable of detecting up to 4 infrared lights. As such, it is possible to calibrate this device using normal camera calibration techniques so that it can be used for tracking or human interfacing in a virtual environment. Camera calibration is an active area of research and there is a wealth of software available to perform the calibration e.g. ArToolKit and Matlab. Camera calibration typically requires at least five images which contain multiple grid points from which a matrix of camera parameters can be estimated. This paper proposes a method of calibrating the Wii Remote's IR camera by building up 24 calibration points from the 4 viewed infrared LEDs for a single viewpoint of the IR camera. This is done by moving the 4 LEDs in a known sequence using highly accurate PA-10 robotic arms. The camera calibration matrix parameters obtained from this method are presented.

        @inproceedings{:10.2312/EGVE/EGVE08/041-048
,
booktitle = {Eurographics Symposium on Virtual Environments
},
editor = {Robert van Liere and Betty Mohler
},
title = {{Camera Calibration of a NintendoWii Remote using PA-10 Robotic Arms
}},
author = {Grimes, Holly S. and 
Ferguson, Robin Stuart and 
McMenemy, Karen
},
year = {2008
},
publisher = {The Eurographics Association
},
ISSN = {1727-530X
},
ISBN = {978-3-905674-06-4
},
DOI = {/10.2312/EGVE/EGVE08/041-048
}
}