An influential principal point on camera parameters

Abstract

This paper proposes a method of camera calibration and the influence of principal point on camera parameters. The camera parameters are represented in terms of a set of intermediate parameters. The intermediate parameters and lens distortion coefficients are iteratively computed. The image coordinates are rectified on each cycle of iteration. Once the iteration is terminated, the initial parameters are computed from the obtained intermediate parameters. Then, the camera parameters and distortion coefficients are iteratively computed from the obtained initial parameters and the image coordinates are rectified too. In the experimental results, the proposed method is tested by change principal point to observe the influential principal point on camera parameters and compared the results with the conventional method.