Acta Geodaetica et Cartographica Sinica ›› 2016, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (3): 332-338.doi: 10.11947/j.AGCS.2016.20150080

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Fish-eye Camera Calibration Model Based on Vector Observations and Its Application

ZHAN Yinhu1, ZHENG Yong1, ZHANG Chao1, LUO Yabo2, WANG Kai3   

  1. 1. College of Navigation and Aerospace Engineering, Information Engineering University, Zhengzhou 450001, China;
    2. College of Water Conservancy and Environmental, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China;
    3. Center for Engineering Design and Research under the Headquarters of General Equipment, Beijing 100028, China
  • Received:2015-02-02 Revised:2016-01-08 Online:2016-03-20 Published:2016-03-25
  • Supported by:
    The National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.11373001;41504018)

Abstract: A fish-eye camera calibration model is presented, basic observations of which consist of both half angle of view and azimuth. Rodrigues matrix is introduced into the model, and three Rodrigues parameters instead of Euler angles are used to represent elements of exterior orientation in order to simplify the expressions and calculations of observation equations.The new model is compared with the existing models based on half angle of view constraint by actual star-map data processing, and the results indicate that the model is superior to control the azimuth error, while slightly inferior to constrain the error of half angle of view. It is advised that radial distortion parameters should be determined by the model based on half angle of view constraint at first, and other camera parameters should be calculated by the new model.

Key words: celestial navigation, fish-eye camera, camera calibration, Rodrigues matrix, precision estimation

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