A Versatile Camera Calibration Technique for High-Accuracy 3D Machine Vision Metrology Using Off-the-Shelf TV Cameras and Lenses

IEEE Journal on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1987, Pages 323-344

  Tsai, Roger Y ^a  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL, MECHANICAL VARIABLES - POSITION; LENSES; ROBOTICS - VISION SYSTEMS; TELEVISION EQUIPMENT - CAMERAS;

MACHINE VISION METROLOGY; OBJECT REFERENCE COORDINATE SYSTEM; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3-D) CAMERA;

CAMERAS;

EID: 0023397578     PISSN: 08824967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JRA.1987.1087109     Document Type: Article

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