Generic Calibration: Pose Ambiguity/Linear Solution and Parametric-hybrid Pipeline

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2508.07217v1
• Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2025 07:36:48 GMT
• Title: Generic Calibration: Pose Ambiguity/Linear Solution and Parametric-hybrid Pipeline
• Authors: Yuqi Han, Qi Cai, Yuanxin Wu,
• Abstract summary: This paper reveals a pose ambiguity in the pose solutions of generic calibration methods.<n>A global optimization hybrid calibration method is introduced to integrate generic and parametric models together.<n> Simulation and real-world experimental results demonstrate that the generic-parametric hybrid calibration method consistently excels across various lens types and noise contamination.
• Score: 18.23955853642985
• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: Offline camera calibration techniques typically employ parametric or generic camera models. Selecting parametric models relies heavily on user experience, and an inappropriate camera model can significantly affect calibration accuracy. Meanwhile, generic calibration methods involve complex procedures and cannot provide traditional intrinsic parameters. This paper reveals a pose ambiguity in the pose solutions of generic calibration methods that irreversibly impacts subsequent pose estimation. A linear solver and a nonlinear optimization are proposed to address this ambiguity issue. Then a global optimization hybrid calibration method is introduced to integrate generic and parametric models together, which improves extrinsic parameter accuracy of generic calibration and mitigates overfitting and numerical instability in parametric calibration. Simulation and real-world experimental results demonstrate that the generic-parametric hybrid calibration method consistently excels across various lens types and noise contamination, hopefully serving as a reliable and accurate solution for camera calibration in complex scenarios.

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