Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method for dynamically calibrating vehicular cameras
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Application No.: US15161711Application Date: 2016-05-23
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Publication No.: US10202077B2Publication Date: 2019-02-12
- Inventor: Nikhil Gupta , Hilda Faraji , Daan He , Ghanshyam Rathi
- Applicant: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.
- Applicant Address: US MI Auburn Hills
- Assignee: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.
- Current Assignee: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Auburn Hills
- Agency: Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn, LLP
- Main IPC: G06T7/80
- IPC: G06T7/80 ; B60R1/06 ; B60R1/00 ; H04N17/00

Abstract:
A method for dynamically correcting misalignment of a vehicular camera includes fixedly disposing a camera at a vehicle and operating the camera to acquire multiple frames of image data while the vehicle is moving generally in a straight line. A plurality of sets of feature points are selected in an image frame, with each set including a first feature point and a second feature point. For each set of feature points, a motion trajectory of that set's feature points is tracked in subsequent image frames. For each tracked first and second feature points, a vanishing point is established in the image plane. Based on the established vanishing point, a vanishing line is determined in the image plane. When the vanishing line is determined to be non-horizontal in the image plane, at least one of pitch, roll or yaw of the camera is adjusted to correct rotational misalignment of the camera.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160267657A1 METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY CALIBRATING VEHICULAR CAMERAS Public/Granted day:2016-09-15
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