Systems, methods, and devices for generating three-dimensional models
AssigneeThe Sanborn Map Company, Inc.
InventorsJohn David Russell, Sharad Vimal Oberoi, John R. Copple
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Abstract
Systems, methods, and devices for generating three dimensional models, in accordance with at least one embodiment of the present disclosure utilizes stereo, nadir, oblique and street view images of a structure to determine with high precision the location of one or more points on a structure. Using the determined location of such one or more points, multi-dimensional models of a structure may be generated. The models may be used and presented in one or more points to determine spatial, orientation and other characteristics of structures.
Claims18
A system for determining a location of a point on a structure comprising:
- a first imaging platform, comprising:
- a first focal plane having a first sensor capable of detecting:
- a first photon reflected off a first point on a structure, along a first path towards the first imaging platform, and onto the first sensor;
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- a second photon reflected off the first point, along a second path towards the imaging platform, and onto the first sensor;
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- an image processor configured to:
- sense the first photon on the first sensor and capture a first image of the first point on the structure when the first imaging platform is at a first vantage point, the first image having a first array of one or more pixels;
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- sense the second photon on the first sensor and capture a second image of the first point on the structure when the first imaging platform is at a second vantage point, the second image having a second array of one or more pixels;
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- a computing system, comprising a processor
- configured to determine a position of the first point on the structure by performing computer software operations comprising:
- selecting a first reference system;
- identifying a subset of the first array of one or more pixels from the first image as corresponding to the first point;
- determining a first vector defining the first path;
- determining a second vector defining the second path;
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- determining the position of the first point on the structure relative to the first reference system based on the first vector and the second vector.
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