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US 12,190,443 · App. 17/909,823 · Granted Jan 7, 2025

Orthoimage creation method, ground model creation method, orthoimage creation system, and ground model creation system

Inventors: Shigeo Kusaki (Kyoto, JP); Takamitsu Mori (Kyoto, JP)
Assignee: MR Support Inc.
G06T17/00B64C39/024G06T7/73B64U2101/30G06T2207/10028G06T2207/10032
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Patent No.
US 12,190,443
App. No.
17/909,823
Granted
Jan 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

When a road is repaired, it is easy to conduct a survey on a road condition of the road at the time of start of repair. An orthoimage creation method of the present invention includes: a coordinate acquisition step of acquiring three-dimensional coordinates for a plurality of feature points; a photographing step of photographing, by a camera 3 , a plurality of photographed images such that each of the plurality of feature points is included in at least two of the photographed images; and an orthoimage creation step of creating an orthoimage with a ground pixel size of 5 mm or less on the basis of the three-dimensional coordinates of each of the feature points acquired in the coordinate acquisition step, and the plurality of photographed images photographed in the photographing step.

Claims (52)

1. An orthoimage creation method comprising:

a coordinate acquisition step of acquiring three-dimensional coordinates for a plurality of feature points;

a photographing step of photographing, by a photographing device, a plurality of photographed images such that each of the plurality of feature points is included in at least two of the photographed images; and

an orthoimage creation step of creating an orthoimage with a ground pixel size of 5 mm or less on the basis of the three-dimensional coordinates of each of the feature points acquired in the coordinate acquisition step, and the plurality of photographed images photographed in the photographing step.

2. The orthoimage creation method according to claim 1 , wherein

the photographing device is a photographing device located at an altitude of 20 meters or less above a ground.

3. The orthoimage creation method according to claim 2 , wherein

the feature points are survey markers installed on the ground at a time of photographing in the photographing step, and

in the coordinate acquisition step, three-dimensional coordinates of the survey markers are acquired by any of a total station, a positioning system using a satellite, and a three-dimensional scanning device.

4. A ground model creation method comprising:

a point group data acquisition step of acquiring point group data generated as three-dimensional coordinates for each point in a predetermined region included in the orthoimage created by the orthoimage creation method according to claim 2 by a laser beam emitted from a three-dimensional scanning device installed in a known point; and

a ground model creation step of creating a ground model in the predetermined region on the basis of the orthoimage and the point group data acquired in the point group data acquisition step.

5. The orthoimage creation method according to claim 1 , wherein

the photographing device is an unmanned aerial vehicle or a model aerial vehicle that flies at an altitude of 20 meters or less above the ground.

6. The orthoimage creation method according to claim 5 , wherein

the feature points are survey markers installed on the ground at a time of photographing in the photographing step, and

in the coordinate acquisition step, three-dimensional coordinates of the survey markers are acquired by any of a total station, a positioning system using a satellite, and a three-dimensional scanning device.

7. A ground model creation method comprising:

a point group data acquisition step of acquiring point group data generated as three-dimensional coordinates for each point in a predetermined region included in the orthoimage created by the orthoimage creation method according to claim 5 by a laser beam emitted from a three-dimensional scanning device installed in a known point; and

a ground model creation step of creating a ground model in the predetermined region on the basis of the orthoimage and the point group data acquired in the point group data acquisition step.

8. The orthoimage creation method according to claim 1 , wherein

the feature points are survey markers installed on the ground at a time of photographing in the photographing step, and

in the coordinate acquisition step, three-dimensional coordinates of the survey markers are acquired by any of a total station, a positioning system using a satellite, and a three-dimensional scanning device.

9. A ground model creation method comprising:

a point group data acquisition step of acquiring point group data generated as three-dimensional coordinates for each point in a predetermined region included in the orthoimage created by the orthoimage creation method according to claim 1 by a laser beam emitted from a three-dimensional scanning device installed in a known point; and

a ground model creation step of creating a ground model in the predetermined region on the basis of the orthoimage and the point group data acquired in the point group data acquisition step.

10. An orthoimage creation system comprising:

a coordinate storage means that stores three-dimensional coordinates for a plurality of feature points;

a photographed image storage means that stores, by a photographing device, a plurality of photographed images photographed such that each of the plurality of feature points is included in at least two of the photographed images; and

an orthoimage creation means that creates an orthoimage with a ground pixel size of 5 mm or less on the basis of the three-dimensional coordinates of each of the feature points stored in the coordinate storage means, and the plurality of photographed images stored in the photographed image storage means.

11. The orthoimage creation system according to claim 10 , wherein

the photographing device is a photographing device located at an altitude of 20 meters or less above a ground.

12. The orthoimage creation system according to claim 11 , wherein

the feature points are survey markers installed on the ground at a time of photographing by the photographing device, and

the coordinate storage means stores three-dimensional coordinates of the survey markers acquired by any of a total station, a positioning system using a satellite, and a three-dimensional scanning device.

13. A ground model creation system comprising:

a point group data storage means that stores point group data generated as three-dimensional coordinates for each point in a predetermined region included in the orthoimage created by the orthoimage creation system according to claim 11 by a laser beam emitted from a three-dimensional scanning device installed in a known point; and

a ground model creation means that creates a ground model in the predetermined region on the basis of the orthoimage and the point group data stored in the point group data storage means.

14. The orthoimage creation system according to claim 10 , wherein

the photographing device is an unmanned aerial vehicle or a model aerial vehicle that flies at an altitude of 20 meters or less above the ground.

15. The orthoimage creation system according to claim 14 , wherein

the feature points are survey markers installed on the ground at a time of photographing by the photographing device, and

the coordinate storage means stores three-dimensional coordinates of the survey markers acquired by any of a total station, a positioning system using a satellite, and a three-dimensional scanning device.

16. A ground model creation system comprising:

a point group data storage means that stores point group data generated as three-dimensional coordinates for each point in a predetermined region included in the orthoimage created by the orthoimage creation system according to claim 14 by a laser beam emitted from a three-dimensional scanning device installed in a known point; and

a ground model creation means that creates a ground model in the predetermined region on the basis of the orthoimage and the point group data stored in the point group data storage means.

17. The orthoimage creation system according to claim 10 , wherein

the feature points are survey markers installed on the ground at a time of photographing by the photographing device, and

the coordinate storage means stores three-dimensional coordinates of the survey markers acquired by any of a total station, a positioning system using a satellite, and a three-dimensional scanning device.

18. A ground model creation system comprising:

a point group data storage means that stores point group data generated as three-dimensional coordinates for each point in a predetermined region included in the orthoimage created by the orthoimage creation system according to claim 10 by a laser beam emitted from a three-dimensional scanning device installed in a known point; and

a ground model creation means that creates a ground model in the predetermined region on the basis of the orthoimage and the point group data stored in the point group data storage means.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 7, 2022
From: KUSAKI, SHIGEO; MORI, TAKAMITSU
To: MR SUPPORT INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-125835 · Jul 22, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230107120A1 · Apr 6, 2023
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