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Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120327083 | CURSOR DISPLAY METHOD AND CURSOR DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a cursor display method of displaying a cursor, indicating a focus point while being manipulatable to move, in a two-dimensional image in which sets of laser point cloud data distributed on a three-dimensional coordinate system are shown on the basis of a predetermined view point position. The cursor display method includes: performing arithmetic on a position on the three-dimensional coordinate system which corresponds to the focus point in the two-dimensional image; defining a predetermined plane graphic region, including the corresponding position and being orthogonal to a view point position direction, on the three-dimensional coordinate system on the basis of the corresponding position; dividing a view region, originating from the view point position passing through the plane graphic region, into segments on the basis of the plane graphic region; and performing non-display processing on sets of laser point cloud data placed in any one of the divided segments. | 12-27-2012 |
20120183205 | METHOD FOR DISPLACEMENT MEASUREMENT, DEVICE FOR DISPLACEMENT MEASUREMENT, AND PROGRAM FOR DISPLACEMENT MEASUREMENT - Measurement of 3D displacement based on successively captured images of an object becomes difficult to be performed due to a load imposed on an operator along with an increase of the number of target portions defined on the object and that of time steps for displacement measurement. A device for displacement measurement executes stereo measurement relative to a stereo image to generate 3D shape information and orthographically projected image of an object for each time, and tracks the 2D image of the target portion through pattern matching between orthographically projected images at successive times to obtain a 2D displacement vector. The device for displacement measurement converts the start point and the end point of the 2D displacement vector into 3D coordinates, using the 3D shape information, to obtain a 3D displacement vector. | 07-19-2012 |
20120140063 | SYSTEM AND PROGRAM FOR GENERATING INTEGRATED DATABASE OF IMAGED MAP - A photography unit photographs a target, a control unit acquires distance data between a photography position and a target to be photographed of the photography unit, an azimuth angle and an elevation/depression angle of a photography direction of the photography unit together with the image information by an angle distance measurement unit synchronously or asynchronously to the shutter operation of the photography unit. The angle distance measurement unit has a configuration without using an axis fixed onto a mobile object. Coordinate information of the photography position of the photography unit is acquired from the coordinate measurement unit synchronously to asynchronously to the shutter operation. The control unit calculates coordinate information of a photographing target, based on the data of the acquired distance data, the azimuth, elevation and depression angles, and the coordinate information. | 06-07-2012 |
20120128207 | DATA ANALYSIS DEVICE, DATA ANALYSIS METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is a data analysis device for automatically detecting a step on the ground based on point cloud data representing a three-dimensional shape of a feature surface. A space subject to analysis is divided into a plurality of subspaces. A boundary search unit ( | 05-24-2012 |
20120120246 | METHOD FOR DETECTING DAMAGE TO A DECK OF A BRIDGE - Provided is a method for detecting damage to a deck of a bridge, the method allowing detection work to be achieved with less labor and being capable of reducing the time and cost needed for the detection work. From a road-surface measuring vehicle running on pavement | 05-17-2012 |
20120062412 | MOVABLE INFORMATION COLLECTION APPARATUS - An object of the present invention is to provide a movable information collection apparatus capable of grasping the current situation in a timely fashion. Also, an object of the present invention is to provide a geographical monitoring system capable of utilizing the movable information collection apparatus. The movable information collection apparatus includes an observation data collection antenna system that receives observation data obtained by observing an observation target area from the air, a geographic information database that stores previously acquired geographic information in the observation target area, an evaluation calculation unit that calculates and outputs a difference between the observation data and the previously acquired geographic information, the observation data collection antenna system, the geographic information database, and the evaluation calculation unit being mounted on a movable pedestal. | 03-15-2012 |
20120038764 | SPATIAL INFORMATION INTEGRATED DATABASE GENERATING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING SPATIAL INFORMATION INTEGRATED DATABASE GENERATING PROGRAM - An image receiving unit receives an image captured by a capturing device at a capturing interval of the predetermined distance. A movement direction acquiring unit acquires a movement direction of the vehicle based on calibration information acquired in advance and the image information. A database generating unit determines whether capturing position information of the image information and setting points of spatial codes are matched with each other. When they are matched with each other, the database generating unit associates the image information and the spatial codes with each other. When they are not matched with each other, a capturing position allocating unit executes a process of allocating the image information between the setting points of the spatial codes, and the database generating unit associates the allocated image information with a position between the spatial codes. | 02-16-2012 |
20110222738 | VEGETATION GROWTH CONDITION ANALYSIS METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM ON WHICH PROGRAM IS RECORDED, AND VEGETATION GROWTH CONDITION ANALYZER - It is aimed to enable analyzing vegetation growth conditions at multiple times of a year accurately using radar images obtainable from a flying body such as artificial satellites, etc. A plurality of radar images of a ground surface of a same target area, which have been taken at multiple times of a year by a radar device mounted on a flying body, are acquired. The acquired plurality of radar images is stored in a map database. While using as a criterion image a radar image of the plurality of radar images stored in the map database, taken at a predetermined time in the multiple times of a year, other radar images than the criterion image of the plurality of radar images, taken at other times than the predetermined time in the multiple times of a year, are aligned with the criterion image, respectively. Then, backscatter coefficients of specified areas in the plurality of radar images are extracted. Based on a backscatter coefficient of a specified area in the criterion image of the plurality of radar images stored in the map database, backscatter coefficients of other radar images than the criterion image of the plurality of radar images are calibrated. And, based on a correlation between backscatter coefficients of radar images and growth values of vegetation shown in the radar images, growth values of vegetation shown in other radar images than the criterion image of the plurality of radar images, whose backscatter coefficients have been calibrated in the calibrating step, are calculated using the calibrated backscatter coefficients. | 09-15-2011 |
20110205365 | ROAD MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING ROAD - In a road measurement device according to an embodiment, a calibration unit generates formation parameters used for formation of a scale image, from a result of photographing a pattern for calibration by a photographing means. An image obtaining unit obtains a road image from the photographing means every predetermined traveled distance. At this time, a coordinate information obtaining unit associates coordinate information obtained from a coordinate obtaining device, with the road image. A scale forming unit selects appropriate ones of the formation parameters based on a height and an angle formed by the direction parallel to the road surface which are obtained by a photographing height and angle obtaining unit from a photographing height and angle measuring unit, and generates a scale image using those formation parameters. | 08-25-2011 |
20110125808 | CONSTRUCTION INFORMATION MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND CONSTRUCTION INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A construction information management device and a construction information management system can readily grasp the history information about each layer below the surface of a road on which construction has been repeatedly carried out. After a subject construction is finished, a user creates the construction information about the subject construction in a construction information processing terminal, and the construction information is transmitted to a construction information management device. The construction information management device receives the construction information, and, based on the construction information, analyzes the pavement structure of the construction zone. Based on the analyzed construction information, the construction information management device also updates the history information about the construction subject road in a superimposing manner. When a request signal for requesting the history information is transmitted from the construction information processing terminal, the construction information management device transmits the updated history information to the construction information processing terminal. | 05-26-2011 |
20110112807 | Apparatus and method for evaluating deterioration performance - When a manager uses an input device to input the inspected states of the degrees of soundness of a plurality of objects, a data receiving unit receives them as inspection data. A deterioration characteristic calculating unit calculates the average value of the deterioration characteristics of the objects based on data related to the degrees of soundness of the plurality of objects that is received by the data receiving unit. A heterogeneous parameter calculating unit calculates a heterogeneous parameter for each heterogeneous factor that cannot be observed or is difficult to observe, and causes a variation in the deterioration characteristics. A benchmarking unit evaluates the influence of the heterogeneous factors on the deterioration characteristics based on the heterogeneous parameters, and an output unit outputs the evaluation result. | 05-12-2011 |
20110064280 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING LAND-SURFACE IMAGE DATA - An object of the invention is to provide a method and an apparatus for producing land-surface image data, which can correct, with relatively high accuracy, cloud image data included in satellite image data into land-surface image data that would emerge in the absence of a cloud. Geostationary satellite image data | 03-17-2011 |
20110043402 | TERRESTRIAL OBJECT INFORMATION JUDGING IMAGE PRODUCING METHOD AND PROGRAM - In the case where radar image data obtained from a radar device equipped in a flying body and optical image data of a district taken by the radar device are synthesized to produce a terrestrial object information judging image, the radar image data are approximated to a black and white panchromatic image character. The radar image data approximated to the black and white panchromatic character and the optical image data are aligned in position and then synthesized. As a suitable embodiment, in an approximation processing of the radar image data to the black and white panchromatic image character, histogram conversion processing is carried out in accordance with a histogram characteristic of the radar image data. | 02-24-2011 |
20110033110 | BUILDING ROOF OUTLINE RECOGNIZING DEVICE, BUILDING ROOF OUTLINE RECOGNIZING METHOD, AND BUILDING ROOF OUTLINE RECOGNIZING PROGRAM - Provided is a building roof outline recognition device which facilitates automation. A small-building candidate region is extracted based on normalized DSM data using a region segmentation method. By using the building candidate region as a marker and further using height information included in the normalized DSM data and the like, a building region is extracted using a region growing method. While referencing the height information, from among edges appearing in the orthoimage, edges fitting with an outer shape of the building region are extracted as an outer shape of the roof when viewed from above. Further, for a building judged to have a slanted roof, a roof structure line which is the boundary between the roof surfaces is extracted from the building region, and a three-dimensional structure of the building roof outline is determined from the roof outer shape and the roof structure line. | 02-10-2011 |
20100295855 | METHOD FOR GENERATING ORTHOPHOTO IMAGE - The present invention relates to a method for generating an orthophoto image. The method can be used to utilize an orthophoto image mainly for creation of a topographic map or as a photographic map. | 11-25-2010 |
20100246971 | HOUSE CHANGE DETERMINING METHOD, HOUSE CHANGE DETERMINING PROGRAM, HOUSE CHANGE DETERMINING IMAGE GENERATING METHOD, AND HOUSE CHANGE DETERMINING IMAGE - A method of judging a house change based on a comparison between high-resolution images or DSMs acquired from an aircraft is incapable of determining the house change in the region in which the DSM or the like is acquired for the first time. A house region in which a house exists is extracted from a judgment target region based on house polygon data acquired in advance at a time point T | 09-30-2010 |
20100208982 | HOUSE CHANGE JUDGMENT METHOD AND HOUSE CHANGE JUDGMENT PROGRAM - It is an object to improve the accuracy of a house change judgment based on images and the like acquired by an airplane. A terrain altitude is subtracted from an attitude value of a digital surface model (DSM) acquired from an airplane or the like to generate a normalized DSM (NDSM). A judgment target region is segmented into a plurality of regions of elevated part for each elevated part with a size corresponding to a house appearing on the NDSM. An outline of the house is extracted from each region of elevated part and a house object containing three-dimensional information on the house is defined by the outline and NDSM data within the outline. The house objects acquired at two different time points, respectively, are compared to detect a variation between the two different time points, and a judgment as to a house change is made based on the variation. | 08-19-2010 |
20100128920 | SPATIAL INFORMATION DATABASE GENERATING DEVICE AND SPATIAL INFORMATION DATABASE GENERATING PROGRAM - An orthographic projection creating unit creates an orthographic projection image from an optical image of an ground surface acquired by an optical camera, and a DSM generating unit generates a DSM from the orthographic projection image. A laser point group data generating unit generates three-dimensional point group data based on a laser measurement result of the ground surface by a laser measuring device. An object generating unit groups altitude data of the DSM and altitude data of the three-dimensional point group data for each of objects such as buildings. A synthesizing unit extracts the same objects from the grouped altitude data of the DSM and three-dimensional point group data, associates the objects with each other based on respective coordinate information thereof, and replaces altitude information of the optical image by high-accuracy altitude information of the three-dimensional point group data for each of the objects. | 05-27-2010 |
20090289837 | Map Information Update Support Device, Map Information Update Support Method and Computer Readable Recording Medium - A map information update support device includes a communication interface unit that acquires plural items of radar image data of the same observation area acquired at different times, respectively, a registration processing unit that registrates the plural items of radar image data with respect to one another, a characteristic value calculation unit that calculates a characteristic value representing a state of a surface of the earth in the observation area using the items of radar image data after the registration process, a feature changed area extraction unit that extracts a feature changed area based on the characteristic value, a road change candidate area extraction unit that synthesizes the feature changed area with map information of the observation area and extracts a road change candidate area that is a candidate of a road changed portion, and an output unit that outputs the map information synthesized with the road change candidate area. | 11-26-2009 |
20090274362 | Road Image Analyzing Apparatus and Road Image Analyzing Method - In a road image analyzing apparatus capable of obviously and rapidly distinguishing a road marking from a guardrail and capable of obtaining precise position information, a pre-processing unit defines sub-areas to main image data obtained by an image pickup unit, and an edge extracting unit extracts an edge component in each of the sub-areas. A linear line extracting unit analyzes the extracted edge component to extract a linear component, and a linear component analyzing unit extracts a continuous component from the linear component by using the linear component. A matching process unit performs a matching process between a vertex of the continuous component and auxiliary image data to obtain three-dimensional position information of each continuous component. An identifying unit identifies whether the continuous component is a road marking or a guardrail on the basis of height information of each continuous component included in the three-dimensional position information. | 11-05-2009 |
20090256741 | DISASTER COUNTERMEASURE SUPPORT METHOD - A ground surface as an image acquiring object is acquired by a synthetic aperture radar mounted on an artificial satellite at a usual time before occurrence of a disaster and thereby radar image data are obtained. After the occurrence of the disaster, an image of the ground surface as the image acquiring object is acquired within days shorter than the number of orbit returning days and by comparing this radar image data with the radar image data acquired at the usual time so as to try to early grasp a damaged situation. At a recovering and rebuilding time after the occurrence of the disaster, images of the image acquiring object are periodically acquired so as to prepare a recovering and rebuilding plan and prevent secondary disasters. | 10-15-2009 |
20090161116 | Laser measurement device and laser measurement method - To provide measurement data on a real time basis from a laser measurement device mounted on an air vehicle to a ground station. The laser measurement unit sequentially outputs laser measurement data during a measurement period in which the air vehicle flies along a straight line flight fairway ( | 06-25-2009 |
20090136090 | House Displacement Judging Method, House Displacement Judging Device - To attain a house change judging method and device which can judge a change with high precision and is capable of fully automating the judgment, the present invention provides a house change judging method for judging a change of a house ( | 05-28-2009 |
20090067725 | Building Shape Change Detecting Method, And Building Shape Change Detecting System - There is provided a system for detecting a shape change of a building based upon an aerial photograph taken by an airplane. The system can process the aerial photograph without waiting for the airplane to land. On the airplane ( | 03-12-2009 |
20080291081 | Radar image processor and method of radar image processing - In a radar image processing device and a radar image processing method which can accurately extract a change of a ground surface, a communication interface unit ( | 11-27-2008 |