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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2014
Kyocera Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Takeo Oshima, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Maekawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryuuichi Sawada, Kanagawa, JP;
Haruo Yanagisawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Chinatsu Sakurai, Kanagawa, JP;
Akinori Iwabuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinya Tamizu, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Inoue, Kanagawa, JP;
KYOCERA Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
An object of the present invention is to simplify a calibration operation of a camera and to shorten a time necessary for calibration. A camera calibration deviceis mounted on a predetermined position of a movable objectand includes a cameraconfigured to take an image including an indexprovided outside the movable object, an image superimposing unitconfigured to generate a superimposed image by superimposing a calibration objecthaving a position adjustment part and a rotation adjustment part on the image taken by the camera, and a calculation unitconfigured to calculate, based on a position of the calibration objectafter being shifted in the superimposed image such that an end or a center of the indexmeets the position adjustment part and a part of the index other than the end or the center overlaps the rotation adjustment part, parameters relative to a pan angle, a tilt angle and a roll angle for calibration of the camera mounting position.