Calibration for multi-camera and multisensory systems

A system for calibrating an image capture device, comprising:

• a calibration target having a known size, and further including one or more known detectable features included thereon;
• a calibration jig to which the calibration target, the calibration jig allowing movement of the calibration target one or more known distances relative to the image capture device;
• and
• a processor for
• analyzing one or more of a single or Multiview image set captured by the image capture device;
• detecting one or more calibration features in each set;
• initializing each of a one or more calibration parameters a corresponding default value;
• extracting one or more relevant calibration parameters;
• computing an individual cost term for each of the identified relevant calibration parameters;
• combining all of the cost terms;
• determining if the combination of the cost terms has been minimized;
• adjusting the calibration parameters if it is determined that that the combination of the cost terms has not been minimized;
• and
• returning to the step of extracting one or more of the relevant calibration parameters.

A method for calibrating an image capture device, comprising:

• extracting one or more relevant calibration parameters from an image set;
• computing an individual cost term for each of one or more relevant calibration parameters;
• combining all of the cost terms;
• determining if the combination of the cost terms has been minimized;
• adjusting the calibration parameters if it is determined that that the combination of the cost terms has not been minimized;
• and
• returning to the step of extracting one or more of the relevant calibration parameters.