Camera auto-calibration using a sequence of 2D images with small rotations and translations

Abstract

3D model generation needs depth information of the object in the input images. This information can be found using stereo imaging but it needs camera parameters. Camera calibration is not possible without some knowledge about the objects in the scene or assuming fixed or known values for the camera parameters. When using fixed camera parameters, however, small rotation angles or small translation in camera position can degenerate the results. The degeneracy can be omitted by adding new restrictions to the a-priori knowledge about the camera parameters. The calibrated data may be used to reconstruct 3D model of the scene.