Image output calibrating system for cameras
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorChiaki Aoyama
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Abstract
In an image output calibrating system for cameras, a camera is supported so as to be directed at a plurality of different angles, and a light source is placed in front of the camera. A control unit associates the pan and tilt angles of the camera with corresponding positions of an image of the light source on the imaging device so that the relationship between each point on the object and the corresponding point on the image of the object formed on the imaging device of the camera can be identified. For initially placing the light source on the optical center line of the camera, the light source may be mounted on a carriage unit that can move the light source in three different directions
Claims9
An image output calibrating system for cameras, comprising;
- a camera including an imaging device placed on a focal plane of said camera;
- a camera support for supporting said camera so as to direct said camera at a plurality of different angles;
- an angle sensor for detecting an angular position of said camera;
- a light source placed in front of said camera;
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- a control unit for associating angular values produced from said angle sensor with corresponding positions of an image of said light source on said imaging device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.