IP Library Granted Patent US 9,161,027
Granted Patent B2
US 9,161,027 · App. 14/062,095 · Granted Oct 13, 2015

Method and apparatus for providing camera calibration

Inventors: Joo-Haeng Lee (Daejeon, KR); Hyun Kim (Daejeon, KR); Hyoung Sun Kim (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
H04N17/002G06T7/0018G06T7/0042G06T2207/10004
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Patent No.
US 9,161,027
App. No.
14/062,095
Granted
Oct 13, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for providing a camera calibration includes recovering geometric information from a single rectangular image, obtaining intrinsic and extrinsic construction information of a camera based on the recovered geometric information, obtaining a shooting position and real geometric information of the camera from the obtained intrinsic and extrinsic construction information of the camera.

Claims (29)

1. A method for providing a camera calibration in an apparatus for providing a camera calibration, the method comprising:

recovering geometric information from a single rectangular image;

obtaining intrinsic and extrinsic construction information of a camera based on the recovered geometric information; and

obtaining a shooting position and real geometric information of the camera from the obtained intrinsic and extrinsic construction information of the camera,

wherein said recovering geometric information comprises:

detecting an intersection point of two diagonals from the single rectangular image to generate a centered quadrangle.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the centered quadrangle is generated using a vanishing-point constraint condition.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein said obtaining a shooting position and real geometric information of the camera comprises:

dividing a model of the camera into a two-dimensional segment camera model pair;

recovering a projection structure from the centered quadrangle using the two-dimensional segment camera models in pairs; and

obtaining a rectangular image calibrated using a homography.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the two-dimensional segment camera models in pairs are constructed of a plane triangle.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the plane triangle comprises an image statement.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the image segment is divided by a projection central line.

7. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:

generating each sphere based on each center of the two-dimensional segment camera model pair.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein an arbitrary point of an intersection circle of each sphere is set as a shotting position of the camera.

9. The method of claim 3 , wherein the recovering a projection structure comprises:

calculating a direction of a first segment camera;

calculating a distance to a common projection center;

calculating a direction of a second segment camera;

calculating a projection angle and a segment distance of the first segment camera; and

calculating a projection angle and a segment distance of the second segment camera.

10. An apparatus for providing a camera calibration, the apparatus comprising:

a geometric information recovery unit configured to recover geometric information from a single rectangular image; and

a construction information obtaining unit configured to obtain intrinsic and extrinsic construction information of a camera based on the recovered geometric information and obtain a shooting position and real geometric information of the camera from the intrinsic and extrinsic information of the camera,

wherein the geometric information recovery unit is configured to detect an intersection point of two diagonals from the single rectangular image to generate a centered quadrangle.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the centered quadrangle is generated using a vanishing-point constraint condition.

12. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the camera comprises a pinhole camera.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 29, 2013
From: LEE, JOO-HAENG; KIM, HYUN; KIM, HYOUNG SUN
To: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Reel/Frame 031499/0434 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2012-0120264 · Oct 29, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140118557A1 · May 1, 2014