Radial Distortion Correction of Fish-Eye Lens Using Straight Lines

Abstract:

Fish-eye lens is used in various applications because it can give wide field of view. But, it deviates from the conventional pin-hole camera assumption. It has large radial distortion compared to the conventional lens. In this paper, we present an algorithm for radial distortion correction of fish-eye lens using the property of straight line. First, we estimate the center of radial distortion using the algorithm of Hartely and Kang [4]. We adopt fish-eye lens model of Devernay and Faugeras [5] and estimate the parameter thorough searching. We use planar pattern with chessboard and generate undistorted points by given parameter value. We evaluate the correctness of the parameter by checking the distance of a point to the fitted line. In experiments, we compare proposed algorithm with Wang et al. [6]. Proposed algorithm gives more stable result with less distortion error.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 432)
• Pages: 364-367
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.432.364
• Online since: September 2013
• Authors: Jong Eun Ha
• Keywords: Camera Calibration, Distortion Center, Fish-Eye Lens, Radial Distortion

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