Automatic radial distortion correction in zoom lens video camera

Daehyun Kim; Hyoungchul Shin; Juhyun Oh; Kwanghoon Sohn

doi:10.1117/1.3503524

1 October 2010 Automatic radial distortion correction in zoom lens video camera

Daehyun Kim, Hyoungchul Shin, Juhyun Oh, Kwanghoon Sohn

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Journal of Electronic Imaging, Vol. 19, Issue 4, 043010 (October 2010). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3503524

Abstract

We present a novel method for automatically correcting the radial lens distortion in a zoom lens video camera system. We first define the zoom lens distortion model using an inherent characteristic of the zoom lens. Next, we sample some video frames with different focal lengths and estimate their radial distortion parameters and focal lengths. We then optimize the zoom lens distortion model with preestimated parameter pairs using the least-squares method. For more robust optimization, we divide the sample images into two groups according to distortion types (i.e., barrel and pincushion) and then separately optimize the zoom lens distortion models with respect to divided groups. Our results show that the zoom lens distortion model can accurately represent the radial distortion of a zoom lens.

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Daehyun Kim, Hyoungchul Shin, Juhyun Oh, and Kwanghoon Sohn "Automatic radial distortion correction in zoom lens video camera," Journal of Electronic Imaging 19(4), 043010 (1 October 2010). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3503524

Published: 1 October 2010

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