IP Library Granted Patent US 10,354,447
Granted Patent B2
US 10,354,447 · App. 15/704,215 · Granted Jul 16, 2019

Image processing device, image processing method, and image processing program

Inventors: Naoki Morikawa (Tokyo, JP); Tadayuki Ito (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATION
G06T19/003G06T7/285G06T15/005G06T19/20G06T2207/10012
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,354,447
App. No.
15/704,215
Granted
Jul 16, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A technique for facilitating understanding of a stereoscopic structure of an object in a 3-D image of point cloud data is provided. An image processing device includes a point cloud data display controlling unit, a marker display controlling unit, and a specified point cloud display controlling unit. The point cloud data display controlling unit displays a 3-D image of point cloud data on a screen. The marker display controlling unit displays a marker to specify a cut section of the 3-D image of the point cloud data. The specified point cloud display controlling unit displays a point cloud that constitutes the cut section among the point cloud data, as another image.

Claims (29)

1. An image processing device comprising a processor, the processor configured to:

display points of point cloud data on a screen, the point cloud data having known three-dimensional coordinates in an XYZ coordinate system, and the displayed points forming a 3-D image;

display a marker on the screen to specify a cut section of the 3-D image in response to designation of a position of the cut section by an operator;

extract points of the point cloud data within a threshold range to the cut section in the XYZ coordinate system in response to specification of the cut section in the XYZ coordinate system by the displayed marker;

display the extracted points on the screen;

derive a plane equation relating to a plane constituting an object from which the point cloud data is obtained and calculate a normal line of the plane on a basis of the plane equation; and

display a cut-area indication marker on the screen, the cut-area indication marker showing a flat part to be cut out from the point cloud data of the 3-D image,

wherein a direction of a normal line of the flat part coincides with a direction of the normal line of the plane.

2. An image processing method comprising:

displaying points of point cloud data on a screen, the point cloud data having known three-dimensional coordinates in an XYZ coordinate system, and the displayed points forming a 3-D image;

displaying a marker on the screen to specify a cut section of the 3-D image in response to designation of a position of the cut section by an operator;

extracting points of the point cloud data within a threshold range to the cut section in the XYZ coordinate system in response to specification of the cut section in the XYZ coordinate system by the displayed marker;

displaying the extracted points on the screen;

deriving a plane equation relating to a plane constituting an object from which the point cloud data is obtained and calculating a normal line of the plane on a basis of the plane equation; and

displaying a cut-area indication marker on the screen, the cut-area indication marker showing a flat part to be cut out from the point cloud data of the 3-D image,

wherein a direction of a normal line of the flat part coincides with a direction of the calculated normal line of the plane.

3. A non-transitory computer recording medium storing computer executable instructions that, when executed by a computer processor, cause the computer processor to:

display points of point cloud data on a screen, the point cloud data having known three-dimensional coordinates in an XYZ coordinate system, and the displayed points forming a 3-D image;

display a marker on the screen to specify a cut section of the 3-D image in response to designation of a position of the cut section by an operator;

extract points of the point cloud data within a threshold range to the cut section in the XYZ coordinate system in response to specification of the cut section in the XYZ coordinate system by the displayed marker;

display the extracted points on the screen;

derive a plane equation relating to a plane constituting an object from which the point cloud data is obtained and calculate a normal line of the plane on a basis of the plane equation; and

display a cut-area indication marker on the screen, the cut-area indication marker showing a flat part to be cut out from the point cloud data of the 3-D image,

wherein a direction of a normal line of the flat part coincides with a direction of the calculated normal line of the plane.

4. An image processing device comprising a processor, the processor configured to:

display points of point cloud data on a screen, the point cloud data having known three-dimensional coordinates in an XYZ coordinate system, and the displayed points forming a 3-D image;

derive a plane equation relating to a plane constituting an object from which the point cloud data is obtained and calculate a normal line of the plane on a basis of the plane equation; and

display a cut-area indication marker on the screen, the cut-area indication marker showing a flat part to be cut out from the point cloud data of the 3-D image,

wherein a direction of a normal line of the flat part coincides with a direction of the normal line of the plane.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 14, 2017
From: MORIKAWA, NAOKI; ITO, TADAYUKI
To: TOPCON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043590/0796 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-181696 · Sep 16, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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