Pinhole Camera Model and Camera Calibration

Today

• Computer Vision Ethics Discussion
• (optional for those working in a similar project) Pinhole camera model and calibration

For Next Time

• Keep on working on the computer vision project

Pinhole Camera Model

The slides for today are available here. I won’t be lecturing on these, but please go through them on your own if you’d like (and I’m here to answer questions).

Camera Calibration Resources

Here is a tutorial on how to do camera calibration in ROS2

Note that you’ll need checkerboards!

Additional Resources

• Open CV tutorial on distortion and camera calibration
• An article on What is the Center of an Image?
• Youtube lecture on pinhole camera model

  (includes a fun demo on finding the focal length of your phone camera at around 7:30)