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The MLE requires reference data of the image coordinate system and the world coordinate system to estimate these parameters. In conventional AVM calibration, many aligned calibration boards are placed around the vehicle and are measured to extract the reference sample data. However, accurately placing and measuring the calibration boards around a vehicle is an exhaustive procedure. To remediate this problem, we propose a novel AVM calibration method that requires only four randomly placed calibration boards by estimating the location of each calibration board. First, we define the AVM errors and determine the parameters that minimize the error in estimating the location. 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