Abstract
Calibration of the stereo vision systems is a crucial step for precise 3D measurements. Restricted by the outdoors’ large field of view (FOV), the conventional method based on precise calibration boards is not suitable since the calibration process is time consuming and the calibration accuracy is not guaranteed. In this paper, we propose a calibration method for estimating the extrinsic parameters of the stereo vision system aided by an inclinometer and a range sensor. Through the parameters given by the sensors, the initial rotation angle of the extrinsic parameters and the translation vector are pre-established by solving a set of linear equations. The metric scale of the translation vector is determined by the baseline length provided by the range sensor or GNSS signals. Finally, the optimal extrinsic parameters of the stereo vision systems are obtained by nonlinear optimization of inverse depth parameterization. The most significant advantage of this method is that it enhances the capability of the stereo vision measurement in the outdoor environment, and can achieve fast and accurate calibration results. Both simulation and outdoor experiments have verified the feasibility and correctness of this method, and the relative error in the outdoor large FOV was less than 0.3%. It shows that this calibration method is a feasible solution for outdoor measurements with a large FOV and long working distance.
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