Camera calibration based on lightweight fan-shaped target detection and fitness-distance-balance chaotic marine predators algorithm

Abstract

Camera calibration represents a critical stage in visual measurement, directly impacting the measurement precision. Addressing the limitations of checkerboard and circular targets, resulting in low calibration accuracy and eccentricity errors, this study introduces a camera calibration method that relies on lightweight fan-shaped target detection and Fitness-Distance-Balance Chaotic Marine Predators Algorithm(FDBCMPA). Starting with the improvement of camera calibration targets by refining and designing fan-shaped targets, this paper aims to tackle eccentricity errors through hardware-based solutions. In the process of extracting target feature points, a lightweight object detection algorithm is devised to capture individual fan-shaped pattern positions from images, transitioning from global multi-shape feature detection to localized single-pattern feature extraction. This approach mitigates the distortions inherent in traditional checkerboard targets during global linear feature imaging and partially alleviates interference from background environments and similar features. Following the initial camera calibration, the FDBCMPA is employed to further optimize the calibration outcomes, thereby boosting the calibration method's performance. Experimental findings highlight that the enhanced object detection method in this study attains detection accuracy comparable to mainstream methods, with distinct advantages in detection speed, parameters, and FLOPs, rendering it more suitable for use in camera calibration. Additionally, the FDBCMPA demonstrates improvements in convergence results compared to MPA, PSO, TACPSO, Chimp, and other methods. The final camera calibration results demonstrate an impressive reprojection error of 0.0738 pixels through the utilization of the proposed camera calibration method introduced in this paper, and substantiate the practicality and effectiveness of the calibration method proposed in this study.