Q1: Why need to calibrate?
Because photo will be distorted after camera shot, the reason is light refract
Q2: What kinds of distortion exist?
Two major kinds of distortion are RADIAL DISTORTION(径向畸变) and TANGENTIAL DISTORTION(切向畸变).
Q3: Which distortion will effect image
- Radial distortion causes straight lines to appear curved.
- Tangential distortion causes “some areas in the image may look nearer than expected.”
Q4: What caused distortion?
The actual reason is pinhole cameras theory design, the physical reason is light refraction
- radial distortion occurs because light has different lengths to pinhole via different refraction
- tangential distortion occurs because the image-taking lens is not aligned perfectly parallel to the imaging plane.
Q5: What is needed for correct distortion?
Need intrinsic and extrinsic parameters
- Intrinsic parameters are specific to a camera.
- Extrinsic parameters correspond to rotation and translation vectors
which translates a coordinates of a 3D point to a coordinate system.
Q6: Intrinsic parameters contain?
They include information like focal length (fx,fy) and optical centers (cx,cy).