IP Library Granted Patent US 12,475,598
Granted Patent B2
US 12,475,598 · App. 18/553,258 · Granted Nov 18, 2025

In-vehicle camera calibration device, control device, and pattern with beacon

Inventors: Kenta Morishima (Tokyo, JP); Tetsuya Yamada (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
G06T7/80G01C21/3605G06T2207/30252
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Patent No.
US 12,475,598
App. No.
18/553,258
Granted
Nov 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides an in-vehicle camera calibration device, a control device, and a pattern-with-a-beacon capable of performing calibration of a camera mounted on a vehicle more accurately and easily. The in-vehicle camera calibration device 100 includes a control device 110 to be mounted on a vehicle 200 and a pattern-with-a-beacon 120 to be installed outside the vehicle 200 . The pattern-with-a-beacon 120 includes a calibration pattern 121 captured by the camera 201 mounted on the vehicle 200 at the time of calibration, and a beacon 122 that transmits beacon information Ib by wireless communication. The control device 110 calibrates the camera 201 based on the pattern image Gp that is the image of the calibration pattern 121 acquired from the camera 201 and the beacon information Ib received through the receiving antenna 202 mounted on the vehicle 200.

Claims (44)

1 . An in-vehicle camera calibration device comprising:

a control device to be mounted on a vehicle; and

a pattern-with-a-beacon to be installed outside the vehicle,

wherein the pattern-with-a-beacon includes:

a calibration pattern to be captured by a camera mounted on the vehicle at a time of calibration; and

a beacon configured to transmit beacon information by wireless communication,

wherein the control device calibrates the camera based on a pattern image being an image of the calibration pattern acquired from the camera and the beacon information received through a receiving antenna mounted on the vehicle,

wherein the control device includes:

a pattern information acquirer that acquires pattern information included in the beacon information,

an image corrector that corrects an image of the camera and outputs a corrected image, and

a camera calibrator that calibrates an image correction value of the image corrector, and

wherein:

the pattern information includes information on a position of the calibration pattern, and

the camera calibrator calibrates the image correction value based on the pattern information acquired from the pattern information acquirer and the pattern image included in the corrected image acquired from the image corrector.

2 . The in-vehicle camera calibration device according to claim 1 , wherein the control device includes a pattern information acquirer that acquires pattern information including positions of the beacon and the calibration pattern based on a direction in which a plurality of antenna arrays included in the receiving antenna receives the beacon information.

3 . The in-vehicle camera calibration device according to claim 1 , wherein the camera calibrator limits a search range of the pattern image in the corrected image based on the position of the calibration pattern included in the pattern information.

4 . The in-vehicle camera calibration device according to claim 1 , wherein the control device includes:

a calibration position acquirer that acquires a calibration position of the vehicle suitable for calibration of the camera;

a route calculator that calculates an access route from a current position of the vehicle to the calibration position; and

a vehicle controller that causes the vehicle to travel from the current position to the calibration position along the access route.

5 . The in-vehicle camera calibration device according to claim 4 , wherein

the calibration position acquirer acquires a waiting position at which the vehicle is caused to wait after calibration of the camera,

the route calculator calculates an exit route from the calibration position to the waiting position, and

the vehicle controller causes the vehicle to travel from the calibration position to the waiting position along the exit route after calibration of the camera.

6 . A control device that is mounted on a vehicle and calibrates a camera mounted on the vehicle in cooperation with a pattern-with-a-beacon to be installed outside the vehicle, comprising:

a calibration position acquirer that acquires a calibration position of the vehicle suitable for calibration of the camera;

a route calculator that calculates an access route from a current position of the vehicle to the calibration position; and

a vehicle controller that causes the vehicle to travel from the current position to the calibration position along the access route,

wherein

the pattern-with-a-beacon includes:

a calibration pattern captured by a camera mounted on the vehicle at a time of calibration; and

a beacon that transmits beacon information by wireless communication,

wherein the control device calibrates the camera based on a pattern image being an image of the calibration pattern acquired from the camera and the beacon information received through a receiving antenna mounted on the vehicle.

7 . A pattern-with-a-beacon to be installed outside a vehicle, the pattern-with-a-beacon comprising:

a calibration pattern to be captured by a camera mounted on the vehicle; and

a beacon configured to transmit, by wireless communication, beacon information to be used by a control device mounted on the vehicle at a time of calibration of the camera,

wherein the control device calibrates the camera based on a pattern image being an image of the calibration pattern acquired from the camera and the beacon information received through a receiving antenna mounted on the vehicle,

wherein the control device includes:

a pattern information acquirer that acquires pattern information included in the beacon information,

an image corrector that corrects an image of the camera and outputs a corrected image, and

a camera calibrator that calibrates an image correction value of the image corrector, and

wherein:

the pattern information includes information on a position of the calibration pattern, and

the camera calibrator calibrates the image correction value based on the pattern information acquired from the pattern information acquirer and the pattern image included in the corrected image acquired from the image corrector.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 29, 2023
From: MORISHIMA, KENTA; YAMADA, TETSUYA
To: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-149453 · Sep 14, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240177347A1 · May 30, 2024
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