Seamless Automatic Projector Calibration of Large Immersive Displays using Gray Code

• Main Author: Andersson, Carl
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: Uppsala universitet, Avdelningen för visuell information och interaktion 2013
• Subjects: Projector Calibration; Seamless; Automatic; Gray Code; Multiple Projectors; Blending; Image Stitching; Projektorkalibrering; projektor; kalibrering
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-207956

Calibrating multiple projectors to create a distortion free environment is required in many fields e.g. simulators and the calibration may be done in a series different ways. This report will cover an automatic single camera projector calibration algorithm.The algorithm handles multiple projectors and can handle projectors covering bigger field of view than a camera by supporting image stitching. A proof of concept blending algorithm is also presented. The algorithm includes a new developed interpolation method building on spline surfaces and an orientation calculation algorithm that calculates the orientation difference between two camera views. Using the algorithm to calibrate, gives pixel accuracy of less than 1 camera pixel after interpolation and the relation between two views are calculated accurately. The images created using the algorithm is distortion free and close to seamless. The algorithm is limited to a controlled projector environment and calibrates the projectors for a single viewpoint. Furthermore, the camera needs to be calibrated positioned in the sweet spot although it can be arbitrary rotated.