Picture Composition for a Robot Photographer

Authors

Michael Dixon, Washington University in St. Louis
Cindy M. Grimm, Washington University in St. Louis
William D. Smart, Washington University in St. Louis

Document Type

Technical Report

Publication Date

2003-12-01

Filename

wucse-2003-52.pdf

Technical Report Number

WUCSE-2003-52

Abstract

We explain how to use simple composition rules to drive an automated, mobile photography system. The composition rules are used to determine both the location for a good photograph, and how to frame that photograph. We describe the composition component in the context of a larger application, a robotic photographer. The robot moves around an area with people in it, opportunistically looking for faces and taking photographs. We describe both how to find faces in the world and how to create “good” photographs of those faces.

Comments

Permanent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.7936/K75H7DK6

Recommended Citation

Dixon, Michael; Grimm, Cindy M.; and Smart, William D., "Picture Composition for a Robot Photographer" Report Number: WUCSE-2003-52 (2003). All Computer Science and Engineering Research.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/cse_research/1097