Application Solutions (electronics and Vision) Ltd.

Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft

Hi-key Limited

Peter Bone

Pantelis Ermilios

Dave Wibberley

Sascha Wilhelm

Peter Gagnon

Fintan McAndrew

Armin Zeller

Trevor Ian Kellaway

A camera mounted on or for a vehicle has camera rotational parameters &#x3c6;, &#x3b8;, &#x3c8; and camera translational parameters x, y, zin a camera image coordinate system, and the vehicle has a vehicle coordinate system. A method for online or on-the-fly calibration of the camera involves two independent steps, namely while the vehicle is moving relative to the ground, calibrating the camera rotational parameters using a parallel geometrical calibration process, and calibrating at least some of the camera translational parameters x, yindependently of the camera rotational parameters.

System, vehicle and method for online calibration of a camera on a vehicle

A system () for calibrating an image capture device () mounted on a motor vehicle for offset from an ideal position and an ideal angular orientation while the vehicle is moving comprises selecting an image () in a captured image frame () of a stationary object relative to the motor vehicle, which is capable of being tracked through a plurality of successively captured image frames (), predicting the locations at which the target image () should appear in the respective successively captured image frames (), comparing the actual location of the target image () in the respective successively captured image frames () with the respective predicted locations () and determining calibration values for the camera () from the results of the comparison, in the event that the actual () and predicted locations () of the target image in the respective image frames () do not coincide.

Method and a system for calibrating an image capture device

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Peter Bone