A Screen-Based Method for Automated Camera Intrinsic Calibration on Production Lines

Abstract

For the manufacture of visual system product, it is necessary to calibrate a massive number of cameras in a limited time and space with a high consistency quality. Traditional calibration method with chessboard pattern is not suitable in the manufacturing industry since its requirement of motions leads to the problem of consistency, cost of space and time. In this work, we present a screen-based solution for automated camera intrinsic calibration on production lines. With screens clearly and easily displaying pixel points, the whole calibration pattern is formed with the dense and uniform points captured by the camera. The calibration accuracy is comparable with the traditional method with chessboard pattern. Unlike a variety of existing methods, our method needs little human interaction, as well as only a limited amount of space, making it easy to be deployed and operated in the industrial environments. With some experiments, we show the comparable performance of the system for perspective cameras and its potential in fisheye cameras with the developments of screens.