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Aerial photograph image pickup method and aerial photograph image pickup apparatus
US9013576B2 · US · B2
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Publication number | US-9013576-B2 |
| Application number | US-201213473659-A |
| Country | US |
| Kind code | B2 |
| Filing date | May 17, 2012 |
| Priority date | May 23, 2011 |
| Publication date | Apr 21, 2015 |
| Grant date | Apr 21, 2015 |
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An aerial photographing image pickup method comprises a step of making a flying object fly meanderingly, a step of taking the image at each vertex where a direction is changed in the meandering flight, a step of extracting feature points from a common overlay portion of the images taken from at least three adjacent vertices, a step of determining two images of two vertices in the images as one set and acquiring positional information of the two vertices by a GPS device for each set regarding at least two sets, a step of performing photogrammetry of the measuring points corresponding to the feature points based on positional information and based on the feature points of the two images and a step of determining the feature points when the surveying results of the measuring points coincide with each other in at least the two sets as tie points for image combination.
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The invention claimed is: 1. An aerial photograph image pickup method comprising: making a flying object fly meanderingly, wherein said flying object comprises a GPS device and an image pickup device for taking an image downward, taking the image at each vertex where a direction is changed in the meandering flight, acquiring a three-dimensional coordinate of each vertex by said GPS device, extracting feature points from a common overlap portion of three images taken from at…
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- What does patent US9013576B2 cover?
- An aerial photographing image pickup method comprises a step of making a flying object fly meanderingly, a step of taking the image at each vertex where a direction is changed in the meandering flight, a step of extracting feature points from a common overlay portion of the images taken from at least three adjacent vertices, a step of determining two images of two vertices in the images as one …
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- Ohtomo Fumio, Osaragi Kazuki, Anai Tetsuji, and 2 more
- What technology area does this patent fall under?
- Primary CPC classification G01C11/02. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
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- Publication date Tue Apr 21 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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