Different methods based on photogrammetry or self-calibration exist to calibrate intrinsic and extrinsic camera parameters and also for data pre- and post-processing. From a practical viewpoint, it is quite difficult to decide which calibration method gives accurate results and even whether any data processing is necessary. This paper proposes a set of optimal conditions to resolve the calibration process accurately. The calibration method uses several images of a 2D pattern. Optimal conditions define the number of points and the number of images to resolve the calibration accurately, as well as positions and orientations from where images should be taken.

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13. W. Sun and J. Cooperstock, “An empirical evaluation of factors influencing camera calibration accuracy using three publicly available techniques,” Mach. Vis. Appl. 17(1), 51–67 (2006). [CrossRef]

Graph. Models

• S. Kopparapu and P. Corke, “The effect of noise on camera calibration parameters,” Graph. Models 63(5), 277–303 (2001). [CrossRef]

IEEE J. Robot. Autom.

• R. Tsai, “A versatile camera calibration technique for high-accuracy 3D machine vision metrology using off-the-self TV camera lenses,” IEEE J. Robot. Autom. RA-3, 323–344 (1997).

IEEE Trans. Pattern Anal. Mach. Intell.

• Z. Zhang, “A flexible new technique for camera calibration,” IEEE Trans. Pattern Anal. Mach. Intell. 22(11), 1330–1334 (2000). [CrossRef]
• J. Weng, P. Cohen, and M. Herniou, “Camera calibration with distortion models and accuracy evaluation,” IEEE Trans. Pattern Anal. Mach. Intell. 14(10), 965–980 (1992). [CrossRef]
• R. Hartley, “In defence of the eight point algorithm,” IEEE Trans. Pattern Anal. Mach. Intell. 19(6), 580–593 (1997). [CrossRef]

Mach. Vis. Appl.

• W. Sun and J. Cooperstock, “An empirical evaluation of factors influencing camera calibration accuracy using three publicly available techniques,” Mach. Vis. Appl. 17(1), 51–67 (2006). [CrossRef]

Opt. Express

• P. D. Lin and C. K. Sung, “Comparing two new camera calibration methods with traditional pinhole calibrations,” Opt. Express 15(6), 3012–3022 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• M. Bauer, D. Grießbach, A. Hermerschmidt, S. Krüger, M. Scheele, and A. Schischmanow, “Geometrical camera calibration with diffractive optical elements,” Opt. Express 16(25), 20241–20248 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• K. S. Choi, E. Y. Lam, and K. K. Y. Wong, “Automatic source camera identification using the intrinsic lens radial distortion,” Opt. Express 14(24), 11551–11565 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Pattern Recognit.

• J. Salvi, X. Armangué, and J. Batlle, “A Comparative review of camera calibrating methods with accuracy evaluation,” Pattern Recognit. 35(7), 1617–1635 (2002). [CrossRef]

Other

• J. Lavest, M. Viala, and M. Dhome, “Do we really need accurate calibration pattern to achieve a reliable camera calibration,” in Proceedings of European Conference on Computer Vision 1, (1998) 158–174.
• D. Huynh, R. Hartley, and A. Heyden, “Outlier correction in image sequences for the affine camera,” in Proceedings of 9th IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision 1, (2003) 585–591.
• G. Stewart, “Perturbation theory for the singular value,” University of Maryland, (Tech. Report TR90 −124, 1990).

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