3D rapid mapping

Folke Isaksson; Johan Borg; Leif Haglund

doi:10.1117/12.777616

14 April 2008 3D rapid mapping

Folke Isaksson, Johan Borg, Leif Haglund

Proceedings Volume 6946, Airborne Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance (ISR) Systems and Applications V; 69460D (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.777616
Event: SPIE Defense and Security Symposium, 2008, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

In this paper the performance of passive range measurement imaging using stereo technique in real time applications is described. Stereo vision uses multiple images to get depth resolution in a similar way as Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) uses multiple measurements to obtain better spatial resolution. This technique has been used in photogrammetry for a long time but it will be shown that it is now possible to do the calculations, with carefully designed image processing algorithms, in e.g. a PC in real time. In order to get high resolution and quantitative data in the stereo estimation a mathematical camera model is used. The parameters to the camera model are settled in a calibration rig or in the case of a moving camera the scene itself can be used for calibration of most of the parameters. After calibration an ordinary TV camera has an angular resolution like a theodolite, but to a much lower price. The paper will present results from high resolution 3D imagery from air to ground. The 3D-results from stereo calculation of image pairs are stitched together into a large database to form a 3D-model of the area covered.

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Folke Isaksson, Johan Borg, and Leif Haglund "3D rapid mapping", Proc. SPIE 6946, Airborne Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance (ISR) Systems and Applications V, 69460D (14 April 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.777616

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