Mobile object, control device, and imaging method

A processor that is comprised in a mobile object main body and that controls an image data acquisition device and a three-dimensional data acquisition device to acquire two-dimensional image data and three-dimensional data of a target object for generating a three-dimensional model of the target object, the image data acquisition device being comprised in the mobile object main body and including a camera that includes an imaging element to acquire two-dimensional image data of the target object, the image data acquisition device being calibrated, the three-dimensional data acquisition device including any one of a stereo camera, a laser scanner and a time-of-flight camera, and acquires three-dimensional data of the target object, wherein the processor implements a method to:

• acquire, for the target object, unit image data in which image data acquired for each angle of view of the image data acquisition device and three-dimensional data acquired by the three-dimensional data acquisition device are associated with each other from the image data acquisition device;
• perform plane estimation on the target object, based on the three-dimensional data;
• determine whether the target object is planar by correlating the three-dimensional data with a plane;
• determine a distance until next unit image data is acquired as a first distance and determine an overlapping rate of the next unit image data obtained based on the first distance as a first overlap rate, in a case where it is determined that the target object is planar;
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• determine the distance until next unit image data is acquired as a second distance and determine the overlapping rate of the next unit image data obtained based on the second distance as a second overlap rate, in a case where it is determined that the target object is non-planar,
• wherein the first distance is set longer than the second distance and the first overlapping rate is set smaller than the second overlapping rate, thereby reducing an amount of the two-dimensional image data acquired by the image data acquisition device in a case where it is determined that the target object is planar, and reducing processing load in generating the three-dimensional model using the two-dimensional image data.

An imaging method that acquires two-dimensional image data and three-dimensional data of a target object for generating a three-dimensional model of the target object, the imaging method comprising:

• acquiring, for a target object, unit image data in which image data from an image data acquisition device and three-dimensional data from a three-dimensional data acquisition device are associated with each other, during movement, wherein the image data acquisition device includes a camera including an imaging element to acquire two-dimensional image data of the target object, the image data acquisition device is calibrated, and the three-dimensional data acquisition device includes any one of a stereo camera, a laser scanner and a time-of-flight camera, and acquires three-dimensional data of the target object;
• performing plane estimation on the target object, based on the three-dimensional data of the unit image data;
• determining whether the target object is planar by correlating the three-dimensional data with a plane;
• determine a distance until next unit image data is acquired as a first distance and determine an overlapping rate of the next unit image data obtained based on the first distance as a first overlap rate, in a case where it is determined that the target object is planar;
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• determine the distance until next unit image data is acquired as a second distance and determine the overlapping rate of the next unit image data obtained based on the second distance as a second overlap rate, in a case where it is determined that the target object is non-planar,
• wherein the first distance is set longer than the second distance and the first overlapping rate is set smaller than the second overlapping rate, thereby reducing an amount of the two-dimensional image data acquired by the image data acquisition device in a case where it is determined that the target object is planar, and reducing processing load in generating the three-dimensional model using the two-dimensional image data.