You can use the Stereo Camera Calibrator app to calibrate a stereo camera, which you can then use to recover depth from images. A stereo system consists of two cameras: camera 1 and camera 2. The app can either estimate or import the parameters of individual cameras. The app also calculates the position and orientation of camera 2, relative to camera 1.
The Stereo Camera Calibrator app produces an object containing the stereo camera parameters. You can use this object to
The suite of calibration functions used by the Stereo Camera Calibrator app provide the workflow for stereo system calibration. You can use these functions directly in the MATLAB® workspace. For a list of calibration functions, see Camera Calibration.
You can use the Camera Calibrator app with cameras up to a field of view (FOV) of 95 degrees.
Follow this workflow to calibrate your stereo camera using the app:
Prepare images, camera, and calibration pattern.
Add image pairs.
Calibrate the stereo camera.
Evaluate calibration accuracy.
Adjust parameters to improve accuracy (if necessary).
Export the parameters object.
In some cases, the default values work well, and you do not need to make any improvements before exporting parameters. You can also make improvements using the camera calibration functions directly in the MATLAB workspace. For a list of functions, see Camera Calibration.
MATLAB Toolstrip: On the Apps tab, in the Image Processing and Computer Vision section, click the Stereo Camera Calibrator icon.
MATLAB command prompt: Enter
To improve the results, use between 10 and 20 images of the calibration pattern. The calibrator requires at least three images. Use uncompressed images or lossless compression formats such as PNG. The calibration pattern and the camera setup must satisfy a set of requirements to work with the calibrator. For greater calibration accuracy, follow these instructions for preparing the pattern, setting up the camera, and capturing the images.
To begin calibration, click Add images, to select two sets of stereo images of the checkerboard, one set from each camera.
Once you are satisfied with the accepted image pairs, click the Calibrate button on the Calibration tab. The default calibration settings assume the minimum set of camera parameters. Start by running the calibration with the default settings. After evaluating the results, you can try to improve calibration accuracy by adjusting the settings and adding or removing images, and then calibrate again.
You can evaluate calibration accuracy by examining the reprojection errors, examining the camera extrinsics, or viewing the undistorted image. For best calibration results, use all three methods of evaluation.
To improve the calibration, you can remove high-error image pairs, add more image pairs, or modify the calibrator settings.
When you are satisfied with calibration accuracy, click Export Camera Parameters. You can either save and export the camera parameters to an object by selecting Export Camera Parameters or generate the camera parameters as a MATLAB script.
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