IP Library Granted Patent US 11,050,987
Granted Patent B2
US 11,050,987 · App. 16/296,462 · Granted Jun 29, 2021

Method and apparatus for determining fisheye camera shadow correction parameter

Inventors: Xiaomin Wang (Shanghai, CN); Tingshan Lyu (Shanghai, CN); Chixiang Huang (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: SHANGHAI XIAOYI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
H04N9/77G06F17/18G06T7/80H04N5/2252
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Patent No.
US 11,050,987
App. No.
16/296,462
Granted
Jun 29, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for determining a fisheye camera shadow correction parameter, comprising: capturing and acquiring a raw image using a fisheye camera that is not installed in an outer housing; obtaining the raw image from the fisheye camera; performing statistics on luminance information and chrominance information in each block of the raw image; and calculating a correction parameter for the fisheye camera based on the luminance information and the chrominance information of each block.

Claims (48)

1. A method for determining a fisheye camera shadow correction parameter, comprising:

capturing and acquiring a raw image using a fisheye camera when said fisheye camera is not installed in an outer housing;

obtaining the raw image from the fisheye camera;

performing statistics on luminance information and chrominance information in each block of the raw image; and

calculating a correction parameter for the fisheye camera based on the luminance information and the chrominance information of each block;

wherein the luminance information of each block may be an average luminance value of the block, and the chrominance information of each block may be an average chrominance value of the block;

wherein the correction parameter may comprise a luminance parameter and a chrominance parameter, the luminance parameter may be a first ratio of the average luminance value of a central block and the average luminance value of each block, and the chrominance parameter may be a second ratio of the average chrominance value of a central block and the average chrominance value of each block;

wherein the raw image is captured and acquired in an integrating sphere;

wherein the fisheye camera is disposed and secured in a middle of the integrating sphere using a jig.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the fisheye camera comprises two fisheye lenses and the raw image includes a first raw image corresponding to a first of the two fisheye lenses, and a second raw image corresponding to a second of the two fisheye lenses, the method further comprising:

separately obtaining the first and second raw images;

using the first raw image to calculate a correction parameter of the first fisheye lens; and

using the second raw image to separately calculate a correction parameter of the second fish eye lens.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

storing the correction parameters in the fisheye camera so that the stored correction parameters are applied when the fisheye camera captures a new image.

4. A fisheye camera shadow correction method, comprising:

capturing and acquiring a raw image using a fisheye camera that when said fisheye camera is not installed in an outer housing;

obtaining the raw image from the fisheye camera;

performing statistics on luminance information and chrominance information in each block of the raw image;

calculating a correction parameter for the fisheye camera based on the luminance information and the chrominance information of each block;

obtaining the correction parameter;

and correcting an image captured by the fisheye camera using the correction parameter;

wherein the luminance information of each block may be an average luminance value of the block, and the chrominance information of each block may be an average chrominance value of the block;

wherein the correction parameter may comprise a luminance parameter and a chrominance parameter, the luminance parameter may be a first ratio of the average luminance value of a central block and the average luminance value of each block, and the chrominance parameter may be a second ratio of the average chrominance value of a central block and the average chrominance value of each block;

wherein the raw image is captured and acquired in an integrating sphere;

wherein the fisheye camera is disposed and secured in a middle of the integrating sphere using a jig.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the correction parameter is stored in the fisheye camera.

6. The fisheye camera shadow correction method of claim 4 , wherein the fisheye camera comprises two fisheye lenses, the method further comprising: separately obtaining correction parameters for the two fisheye lenses.

7. A fisheye camera shadow correction parameter determination device, comprising:

a raw image obtaining module adapted to obtain a raw image from a fisheye camera, said raw image being captured and acquired when said fisheye camera is not installed in an outer housing;

a statistics module adapted to perform statistics on luminance information and chrominance information in each block of the raw image; and

a correction parameter calculation module adapted to calculate a correction parameter for the fisheye camera based on the luminance information and the chrominance information;

wherein the luminance information of each block may be an average luminance value of the block, and the chrominance information of each block may be an average chrominance value of the block;

wherein the correction parameter may comprise a luminance parameter and a chrominance parameter, the luminance parameter may be a first ratio of the average luminance value of a central block and the average luminance value of each block, and the chrominance parameter may be a second ratio of the average chrominance value of a central block and the average chrominance value of each block;

wherein the raw image is captured and acquired in an integrating sphere;

wherein the fisheye camera is disposed and secured in a middle of the integrating sphere using a jig.

8. The fisheye camera shadow correction parameter determination device of claim 7 , wherein the fisheye camera comprises two fisheye lenses configured to capture separate first and second raw images; wherein the raw image obtaining module is configured to separately obtain the first raw image and the second raw image from the two fisheye lenses; the first and second raw images for separately calculating correction parameters of the two fisheye lenses.

9. The fisheye camera shadow correction parameter determination device of claim 7 , further comprising:

a storage module adapted to store the correction parameters in the fisheye camera so that the stored correction parameters may be applied when the fisheye camera captures a new image.

10. A fisheye camera shadow correction device, comprising:

a correction parameter obtaining module adapted to obtain a correction parameter for a fisheye camera, said correction parameter being calculated and acquired by means of the following method: obtaining a raw image from the fisheye camera, said raw image being captured and acquired when said fisheye camera is not installed in an outer housing; performing statistics on the luminance information and the chrominance information in each block of said raw image; and calculating the correction parameter for said fisheye camera on the basis of the luminance information and the chrominance information of each block; and

a correction module adapted to perform correction using said correction parameter on an image captured by the fisheye camera;

wherein the luminance information of each block may be an average luminance value of the block, and the chrominance information of each block may be an average chrominance value of the block;

wherein the correction parameter may comprise a luminance parameter and a chrominance parameter, the luminance parameter may be a first ratio of the average luminance value of a central block and the average luminance value of each block, and the chrominance parameter may be a second ratio of the average chrominance value of a central block and the average chrominance value of each block;

wherein the raw image is captured and acquired in an integrating sphere;

wherein the fisheye camera is disposed and secured in a middle of the integrating sphere using a jig.

11. The fisheye camera shadow correction device of claim 10 , wherein the fisheye camera comprises two fisheye lenses and the correction parameter obtaining module is configured to separately obtain correction parameters for the two fisheye lenses.

12. The fisheye camera shadow correction device of claim 10 , wherein the fisheye camera is configured to store the correction parameter and the correction parameter obtaining module is configured to obtain the stored correction parameter stored in advance.

Assignments (4)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 5, 2024
From: EAST WEST BANK
To: KAMI VISION INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 070792/0551 →
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Mar 28, 2022
From: KAMI VISION INCORPORATED
To: EAST WEST BANK
Reel/Frame 059512/0101 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 1, 2022
From: SHANGHAI XIAOYI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
To: KAMI VISION INC.
Reel/Frame 059275/0652 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 24, 2019
From: WANG, XIAOMIN; LYU, TINGSHAN; HUANG, CHIXIANG
To: SHANGHAI XIAOYI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 049566/0418 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201810193867.1 · Mar 9, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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