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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2002
Applicants:
Mark A. Livingston, Alexandria, VA (US);
Irwin E. Sobel, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Inventors:
Mark A. Livingston, Alexandria, VA (US);
Irwin E. Sobel, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for calibrating a camera including determining a model for associating a point of an image scene to a point of an imaging surface of the camera. The calibration method further includes determining a set of initial estimates for a set of parameters of the model and then refining the parameters in response to a set of image data of the image scene acquired by the camera.