A Generic Camera Model and Calibration Method for Conventional, Wide-Angle, and Fish-Eye Lenses

Fish-eye lenses are convenient in such applications where a very wide angle of view is needed but their use for measurement purposes has been limited by the lack of an accurate, generic, and easy-to-use calibration procedure. We hence propose a generic camera model, which is suitable for fish-eye lens cameras as well as for conventional and wide-angle lens cameras, and a calibration method for estimating the parameters of the model. The achieved level of calibration accuracy is comparable to the previously reported state-of-the-art.

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2006
• Where: PAMI
• Authors: Juho Kannala, Sami S. Brandt
• Keywords: Easy-to-use Calibration Procedure, Fish-eye Lens Cameras, Lens Cameras, PAMI 2006