Patent Document ID: 8280665
Application ID: 12552694
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A calibration device for an on-vehicle camera, comprising: an image receiving portion receiving an image of an area around a vehicle taken by an on-vehicle camera mounted on the vehicle, the on-vehicle camera having an imaging range that includes therein a calibration index placed on a floor surface: a viewpoint transformation portion performing a viewpoint transformation on the image to obtain a transformed image, the transformed image being obtained by transforming the viewing of the image (IM) to a direction perpendicular to the floor surface; a region setting portion setting a recognition target region on the transformed image according to coordinates of the calibration index set in accordance with vehicle models on which the on-vehicle camera is mounted, the recognition target region including therein the calibration index; a calibration point detecting portion detecting a calibration point positioned within the calibration index included in the recognition target region; and a calibration calculating portion calibrating the on-vehicle camera in accordance with coordinates of the calibration point in a reference coordinate system and in accordance with coordinates of the calibration point in a camera coordinate system, the coordinates of the calibration point in the reference coordinate system showing a position of the calibration point in space and the coordinates of the calibration point in the camera coordinate system showing the position of the calibration point detected on the transformed image.