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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2013
Toshiba Alpine Automotive Technology Corporation, Iwaki-Shi, JP;
Kiyoyuki Kawai, Iwaki, JP;
TOSHIBA ALPINE AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Iwaki-Shi, JP;
Abstract
According to one embodiment, an onboard camera automatic calibration apparatus includes at least a road surface point selection unit, an amount-of-rotation-around-Z-axis calculation unit and a coordinate rotation correction unit. The road surface point selection unit selects multiple points not less than three on a road surface in a predetermined image among the multiple images obtained by an onboard camera and selects multiple combinations of two points from among the multiple points. The amount-of-rotation-around-Z-axis calculation unit determines, in a camera coordinate system with an optical axis as a Z axis, an amount of rotation around the Z axis such that the road surface is parallel to an X axis, based on the multiple combinations and motion vectors. The coordinate rotation correction unit performs rotation correction around the Z axis for the images obtained by the onboard camera based on the determined amount of rotation around the Z axis.