Development of worksite visualization system for Fugen NPS, 1; Development of hybrid tracking technique

Shimoda, Hiroshi*; Ishii, Hirotake*; Sekiyama, Tomoki*; Bian, Z.*; Izumi, Masanori ; Morishita, Yoshitsugu 

This study aims at developing an augmented reality system to support maintenance work of nuclear power plants. An accurate and wide-range tracking method is required as a key technology in order to realize the system. In this study, a new tracking method using multi-camera and gyro sensor has been developed in order to enlarge the area where the tracking is available with limited number of markers. Experimental evaluation result shows that the area where the developed method can cover is about 3 times larger than the method using single camera.