Focusing position adjustment device, focusing position adjustment system, program, and focusing position adjustment method
View Patent ↗A focusing adjustment unit changes a relative positions of an optical system and an element of a camera the imaging direction of which faces a predetermined target shooting position from a first side to a second side in an imaging direction. Each time the focusing adjustment unit changes the relative position of the optical system and the element, an evaluation unit calculates an evaluation score monotonically increasing relative to a standard deviation in an adjustment range of an image captured by the camera, the adjustment range being such that an adjustment member a pattern of a plurality of colors provided at the target shooting position comes out. A focusing position determination unit determines a focusing position of the camera based on a change of the evaluation score calculated by the evaluation unit.
1. A focusing position adjustment device, comprising:
a focusing adjustment unit configured to adjust an imaging distance between an optical system and an element of a camera, a shooting direction of the camera facing a predetermined target shooting position, or to adjust a focusing distance of the optical system, so as to focus the camera;
an evaluation unit configured to calculate, each time the focusing adjustment unit adjusts the imaging distance or the focusing distance, an evaluation score monotonically increasing relative to a standard deviation of density of pixels in an adjustment range of an image captured by the camera, the adjustment range being such a range that an adjustment member with a pattern of a plurality of colors provided at the target shooting position comes out; and
a focusing position determination unit configured to determine a focusing position of the camera based on a change of the evaluation score calculated by the evaluation unit,
wherein the focusing adjustment unit is configured to change a relative position of the element or the focusing position to the optical system from a first side to a second side in the shooting direction by a first distance until the evaluation score calculated by the evaluation unit decreases from a previous evaluation score, and change the relative position from the second side to the first side in the shooting direction by a second distance shorter than the first distance when the evaluation score calculated by the evaluation unit is smaller than the previous evaluation score, so as to adjust the imaging distance.
2. The focusing position adjustment device according to claim 1 , further comprising a condition adjustment unit configured to adjust a shooting condition of the camera such that a difference between an average density of pixels in the adjustment range and a density corresponding to a ratio of the colors forming the pattern of the adjustment member is a predetermined value or less,
wherein the evaluation unit is configured to calculate the evaluation score after the condition adjustment unit adjusts the shooting condition.
3. The focusing position adjustment device according to claim 1 , wherein the focusing adjustment unit is configured to change the relative position to a position closest to a first side in the shooting direction out of possible positions and then, change the relative position to a second side in the shooting direction.
4. A focusing position adjustment system, comprising:
an adjustment member having a pattern of a plurality of colors; and
the focusing position adjustment device according to claim 1 .
5. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to function as:
a focusing adjustment unit configured to adjust an imaging distance between an optical system and an element of a camera, a shooting direction of the camera facing a predetermined target shooting position, or to adjust a focusing distance of the optical system, so as to focus the camera;
an evaluation unit configured to calculate, each time the focusing adjustment unit adjusts the imaging distance or the focusing distance, an evaluation score monotonically increasing relative to a standard deviation of density of pixels in an adjustment range of an image captured by the camera, the adjustment range being such a range that an adjustment member with a pattern of a plurality of colors provided at the target shooting position comes out; and
a focusing position determination unit configured to determine a focusing position of the camera based on a change of the evaluation score calculated by the evaluation unit,
wherein the focusing adjustment unit is configured to change a relative position of the element or the focusing position to the optical system from a first side to a second side in the shooting direction by a first distance until the evaluation score calculated by the evaluation unit decreases from a previous evaluation score, and change the relative position from the second side to the first side in the shooting direction by a second distance shorter than the first distance when the evaluation score calculated by the evaluation unit is smaller than the previous evaluation score, so as to adjust the imaging distance.
6. A focusing position adjustment method, comprising:
a member installation step of installing an adjustment member at a target shooting position, the adjustment member having a pattern of a plurality of colors and a shooting direction of a camera facing the target shooting position;
a first adjustment step of changing a relative position of an element or a focusing position of the camera to an optical system of the camera from a first side to a second side in the shooting direction by a first distance;
a shooting step of shooting the adjustment member with the camera each time the relative position is changed;
an evaluation step of calculating an evaluation score monotonically increasing relative to a standard deviation of density of pixels in an adjustment range of an image captured in the shooting step, the adjustment range being such a range that the adjustment member comes out;
a second adjustment step of adjusting the relative position from the second side to the first side in the shooting direction by a second distance when the evaluation score calculated in the evaluation step is smaller than a previous evaluation score, the second distance being shorter than the first distance; and
a determination step of determining a focusing position of the camera based on a change of the evaluation score calculated in the evaluation step after the relative position is changed in the second adjustment step.