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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2009
Yoshihiro Nakamura, Nagoya, JP;
Etsuo Yamada, Nagoya, JP;
Yoshihiro Nakamura, Nagoya, JP;
Etsuo Yamada, Nagoya, JP;
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A calibration device for an on-vehicle camera includes an image receiving portion receiving an image of an area around a vehicle taken by an on-vehicle camera, a viewpoint transformation portion performing a viewpoint transformation on the image to obtain a transformed image, a region setting portion setting a recognition target region on the transformed image according to coordinates of the calibration index set in accordance with vehicle models, where the recognition target region includes therein the calibration index, a calibration point detecting portion detecting a calibration point positioned within the calibration index included in the recognition target region, and a calibration calculating portion calibrating the on-vehicle camera in accordance with coordinates of the calibration point in a reference coordinate system and in accordance with coordinates of the calibration point in a camera coordinate system.