bazar Documentation

Introduction

Bazar is a computer vision library based on feature points detection and matching. In particular, it is able to quickly detect and register known planar objects in images. It also contains a powerfull geometric and photometric camera calibration system.

It is written and distributed at CVLab, EPFL – http://cvlab.epfl.ch/

Installing Bazar

BazAR depends on OpenCV (http://opencvlibrary.sourceforge.net/). You will need to install it before using BazAR. For OpenGL support, GLUT and GLEW are required (http://www.opengl.org/resources/libraries/glut/ and http://glew.sourceforge.net/).

UNIX/Linux

Download bazar-xx.tar.gz. Run: tar -xzf bazar-xx.tar.gz cd bazar-xx ./configure make

Windows

Download the windows archive, run setup.exe and follow intructions.

Library Organization

Bazar is made of several modules, implemented in two libraries:

• Garfeild: key points detection and matching
• Starter: Basic structures and mathematical tools

Examples