Method and Apparatus for the Autocalibration of a Vehicle Camera System

Abstract

The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for the autocalibration of a (monocular) vehicle camera (1). The method has the following steps: a) acquiring a series of images from the vehicle camera (1), wherein the vehicle camera maps a region of the surroundings in front of the vehicle, b) detecting a cornering maneuver (25) of the vehicle suitable for autocalibration, if the curve radius (21) described by the vehicle is less than or equal to a (defined or predetermined) maximum radius and the curve angle (22) covered is greater than or equal to a (defined or predetermined) minimum angle, c) performing autocalibration, if at least one cornering maneuver (25) has been identified as suitable for autocalibration, wherein d) the autocalibration takes account of movement of stationary objects in the surroundings of the vehicle in the image sequence or in the image sequences of one or more cornering maneuvers (25) suitable for autocalibration. The invention advantageously enables significant simplification of the test systems used in camera manufacture. The camera production process is simplified enormously and made less expensive.

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