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Fast Extrinsic Calibration of a Laser Rangefinder to a Camera
journal contribution
posted on 2005-01-01, 00:00 authored by Ranjith Unnikrishnan, Martial HebertExternal calibration of a camera to a laser rangefinder is a common pre-requisite
on today’s multi-sensor mobile robot platforms. However, the process of doing so
is relatively poorly documented and almost always time-consuming. This document
outlines an easy and portable technique for external calibration of a camera to a laser
rangefinder. It describes the usage of the Laser-Camera Calibration Toolbox (LCCT),
a Matlab
R -based graphical user interface that is meant to accompany this document and
facilitates the calibration procedure. We also summarize the math behind its development.