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   1 .. _chapter-users:
   2
   3 =====
   4 Users
   5 =====
   6
   7 * At `Google <http://www.google.com>`_, Ceres is used to:
   8
   9   * Estimate the pose of `Street View`_ cars, aircrafts, and satellites.
  10   * Build 3D models for `PhotoTours`_.
  11   * Estimate satellite image sensor characteristics.
  12   * Stitch `panoramas`_ on Android and iOS.
  13   * Apply `Lens Blur`_ on Android.
  14   * Solve `bundle adjustment`_ and `SLAM`_ problems in `Project
  15     Tango`_.
  16
  17 * `Willow Garage`_ uses Ceres to solve `SLAM`_ problems.
  18 * `Southwest Research Institute <http://www.swri.org/>`_ uses Ceres for
  19   `calibrating robot-camera systems`_.
  20 * `Blender <http://www.blender.org>`_ uses Ceres for `planar
  21   tracking`_ and `bundle adjustment`_.
  22 * `OpenMVG <http://imagine.enpc.fr/~moulonp/openMVG/>`_ an open source
  23   multi-view geometry library uses Ceres for `bundle adjustment`_.
  24 * `Microsoft Research <http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/>`_ uses
  25   Ceres for nonlinear optimization of objectives involving subdivision
  26   surfaces under `skinned control meshes`_.
  27 * `Matterport <http://www.matterport.com>`_, uses Ceres for global
  28   alignment of 3D point clouds and for pose graph optimization.
  29 * `Obvious Engineering <http://obviousengine.com/>`_ uses Ceres for
  30   bundle adjustment for their 3D photography app `Seene
  31   <http://seene.co/>`_.
  32 * The `Autonomous Systems Lab <http://www.asl.ethz.ch/>`_ at ETH
  33   Zurich uses Ceres for
  34
  35   * Camera and Camera/IMU Calibration.
  36   * Large scale optimization of visual, inertial, gps and
  37     wheel-odometry data for long term autonomy.
  38
  39 * `OpenPTrack <http://openptrack.org/>`_ uses Ceres for camera
  40   calibration.
  41 * The `Intelligent Autonomous System Lab <http://robotics.dei.unipd.it/>`_
  42   at University of Padova, Italy, uses Ceres for
  43
  44   * Camera/depth sensors network calibration.
  45   * Depth sensor distortion map estimation.
  46
  47 * `Theia <http://cs.ucsb.edu/~cmsweeney/theia>`_ is an open source
  48   Structure from Motion library that uses Ceres for `bundle adjustment`_
  49   and camera pose estimation.
  50
  51 * The `Applied Research Laboratory <https://www.arl.psu.edu/>`_ at
  52   Pennsylvania State University uses in their synthetic aperture Sonar
  53   beamforming engine, called ASASIN , for estimating platform
  54   kinematics.
  55
  56 * `Colmap <https://github.com/colmap/colmap>`_ is a an open source
  57   structure from motion library that makes heavy use of Ceres for
  58   bundle adjustment with support for many camera models and for other
  59   non-linear least-squares problems (relative, absolute pose
  60   refinement, etc.).
  61
  62
  63
  64 .. _bundle adjustment: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structure_from_motion
  65 .. _Street View: http://youtu.be/z00ORu4bU-A
  66 .. _PhotoTours: http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2012/04/visit-global-landmarks-with-photo-tours.html
  67 .. _panoramas: http://www.google.com/maps/about/contribute/photosphere/
  68 .. _Project Tango: https://www.google.com/atap/projecttango/
  69 .. _planar tracking: http://mango.blender.org/development/planar-tracking-preview/
  70 .. _Willow Garage: https://www.willowgarage.com/blog/2013/08/09/enabling-robots-see-better-through-improved-camera-calibration
  71 .. _Lens Blur: http://googleresearch.blogspot.com/2014/04/lens-blur-in-new-google-camera-app.html
  72 .. _SLAM: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simultaneous_localization_and_mapping
  73 .. _calibrating robot-camera systems:
  74    http://rosindustrial.org/news/2014/9/24/industrial-calibration-library-update-and-presentation
  75 .. _skinned control meshes: http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/handmodelingfrommonoculardepth/