A system and method for extracting a corner point in a space using pixel
information obtained from a camera are provided. The corner point
extracting system includes a light generation module emitting light in a
predetermined form (such as a plane form), an image acquisition module
acquiring an image of a reflector reflecting the light emitted from the
light generation module, and a control module obtaining distance data
between the light generation module and the reflector using the acquired
image and extracting a corner point by performing split-merge using a
threshold proportional to the distance data. The threshold is a value
proportional to the distance data which corresponds to pixel information
of the image acquisition module.