Patent ID: 11595638

Abstract:
The invention relates to a calibration unit (2) for a monitoring device (1), wherein the monitoring device (1) is designed as man-overboard monitoring of a ship section (4), wherein the monitoring device has at least one camera (5a, 5b) for video-monitoring the ship section (4) and for providing video data, wherein the camera (5a, 5b) has at least one intrinsic calibration parameter (11) and at least one extrinsic calibration parameter (12), wherein the video data is provided to the calibration unit (2), comprising an input module (9) for a user to input one or more calibration elements (10) and comprising an evaluation module (8), wherein the evaluation module (8) is designed to determine the unknown calibration parameters (11, 12) based on the calibration elements (10), in particular their orientation and/or extension.