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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2021

Filed:

Sep. 24, 2019
Applicant:

Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;

Inventors:

Tatsuya Koyama, Kyoto, JP;

Toshiyasu Sugio, Osaka, JP;

Yoichi Sugino, Osaka, JP;

Toru Matsunobu, Osaka, JP;

Satoshi Yoshikawa, Hyogo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/246 (2018.01); G06T 7/80 (2017.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); H04N 13/243 (2018.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01); B64D 47/08 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/85 (2017.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64D 47/08 (2013.01); G05D 1/0094 (2013.01); G06T 7/74 (2017.01); H04N 13/243 (2018.05); H04N 13/246 (2018.05); B64C 2201/027 (2013.01); B64C 2201/127 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10012 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30204 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30244 (2013.01);
Abstract

A calibrator for cameras includes a controlling circuit, a photographing circuit, a calculating circuit, and an instructing circuit. The controlling circuit is configured to control a movable body in a shooting area of the cameras. A marker is provided on the movable body for calibration of the cameras. The photographing circuit is configured to control the cameras to photograph the marker at a first position at a first timing to generate first images. The photographing circuit is configured to control the cameras to photograph the marker at a second position at a second timing to generate second images. The calculating circuit is configured to calculate parameters of the cameras based on the first images and the second images. The instructing circuit is configured to transmit the parameters to the cameras to calibrate the cameras.


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