This paper presents a study of a method for estimating the position and
orientation of a photo-shoot in indoor environments for augmented reality
applications. Our proposed localization method is based on registered frame
data of virtualized reality models, which are photos with known photo-shoot
positions and orientations, and depth data. Because registered frame data are
secondary product of modeling process, additional works are not necessary to
create registered frame data especially for the localization. In the method,
a photo taken by a mobile camera is compared to registered frame data for the
localization. Since registered frame data are linked with photo-shoot
position, orientation, and depth data, 3D coordinates of each pixel on the
photo of registered frame data is available. We conducted experiments with
employing five techniques of the estimation for comparative evaluations.
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