Image acquiring device and image acquiring system
AssigneeTopcon Corporation
InventorsFumio Ohtomo, Hitoshi Otani, Masayuki Momiuchi, Kazuki Osaragi
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AssigneeTopcon Corporation
InventorsFumio Ohtomo, Hitoshi Otani, Masayuki Momiuchi, Kazuki Osaragi
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An image acquiring device comprises a first camera 14 for acquiring video images, consisting of frame images continuous in time series, a second camera 15 being in a known relation with the first camera and used for acquiring two or more optical spectral images of an object to be measured, and an image pickup control device 21, and in the image acquiring device, the image pickup control device is configured to extract two or more feature points from one of the frame images, to sequentially specify the feature points in the frame images continuous in time series, to perform image matching between the frame images regarding the frame images corresponding to the two or more optical spectral images based on the feature points, and to synthesize the two or more optical spectral images according to the condition obtained by the image matching.
An image acquiring device, comprising:
An image acquiring system, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.
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Image signal generators: synchronisation thereof; Control thereof
Picture taking arrangements specially adapted for photogrammetry or photographic surveying, e.g. controlling overlapping of pictures: by scanning…
Using feature-based methods, e.g. the tracking of corners or segments: involving reference images or patches
Analysis of motion: using a sequence of stereo image pairs
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The present invention relates to an image acquiring device and an image acquiring system to obtain an image of an object to be measured and three dimensional data of the object to be measured, and also to acquire optical spectral characteristics for matching the three-dimensional data.
In the past, it has been practiced to obtain an image of an object to be measured at the same time as the acquisition of the three-dimensional data of the object to be measured by carrying out digital photogrammetry etc. of the object to be measured and to acquire three-dimensional data with the images.
The three-dimensional data with images as obtained in the conventional type three-dimensional measuring device can be used in map data or the like, and these data have the effects to increase visibility or other effects.
FIG. 1 is a schematical drawing to show a small flying object, on which an image pickup device according to the present invention is mounted;
FIG. 2 is a schematical block diagram of a camera unit of the image pickup device and an image pickup control device;
FIG. 3 is an explanatory drawing to show a principle of digital photogrammetry for measuring altitude of a flying object and coordinates of a measuring point from the images, which the flying object has taken from two points;
Description will be given below on embodiments of the present invention by referring to the attached drawings.
An image acquiring device of an embodiment of the present invention is mounted on a small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), e.g. a small type helicopter which can be operated by remote control operation or can fly autonomously.
FIG. 1 shows a small flying object 1 where an image acquiring device according to the present embodiment is mounted.