Lens distortion correction with a calibration harp

R. Grompone Von Gioi, P. Monasse, J. M. Morel, Z. Tang

Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary WorksRGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication)peer-review

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Abstract

Plumb line lens distortion correction methods permit to avoid numerical compensation between the camera internal and external parameters in global calibration method. Once the distortion has been corrected by a plumb line method, the camera is ensured to transform, up to the distortion precision, 3D straight lines into 2D straight lines, and therefore becomes a pinhole camera. This paper introduces a plumb line method for correcting and evaluating camera lens distortion with high precision. The evaluation criterion is defined as the average standard deviation from straightness of a set of approximately equally spaced straight strings photographed uniformly in all directions by the camera, so that their image crosses the whole camera field. The method uses an easily built "calibration harp," namely a frame on which good quality strings have been tightly stretched to ensure a very high physical straight-ness. Real experiments confirm that our method produces high precision corrections (less than 0.05 pixel), approximating the distortion with a large number of degrees of freedom given by a polynomial model of order eleven. © 2011 IEEE.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationICIP 2011: 2011 18th IEEE International Conference on Image Processing
Pages617-620
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011
Externally publishedYes
Event2011 18th IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2011 - Brussels, Belgium
Duration: 11 Sept 201114 Sept 2011

Publication series

NameProceedings - International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP
ISSN (Print)1522-4880

Conference

Conference2011 18th IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2011
PlaceBelgium
CityBrussels
Period11/09/1114/09/11

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Research Keywords

  • error compensation
  • Lens distortion
  • plumb lines
  • polynomial model

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