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New Developments in Close Range Photogrammetry from Software
Industry‘s Point of View
Bonn, March 2003Jürgen Holltechnet GmbH, Stuttgart
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Contents
1. Company Information
2. Products and Services
3. technet‘s Basic Modules
4. Basic Modules – Examples
5. technet‘s New Developments
6. New Developments – Examples
7. Wishes and Goals for the Future
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Company Information
technet GmbHgründig + partnerGermany, Berlin, Stuttgart
Founded in 1989
Software: Pictran for Close Range Photogrammetry
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Products and ServicesEngineering design of leightweight structures.Gallet-Project, Expo 2002 Switzerlandtechnet did the statical analysis of the hybrid system (gallets)
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In the fields of GIS and surveying technet offers products for...
• Interconnected Transformation of Local Systems• Adjustment and Analysis of Geodetic Nets
Products and Services
• Railway Track Surveyingand Planning
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Pictran - Close Range Photogrammetry
• Applications range from rectification, 3d-modeling to camera calibration.
• An advanced bundle adjustment program for image orientation and point determination is integrated.
• The measurement is supported by digital image processing methods.
• The system guarantees high accuracy and traceable results.
Products and Services
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The basic modules are:
• Rectification
• Bundle block adjustment andcamera calibration.
• 3d-digitizing
Basic Modules
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• The Pictran rectification modules do the reprojection of the images for planar and non-planar objects (orthophoto).
• The image map can be produced from asingle image or multiple images.
• The projective distortion as well as theimage errors are corrected.
Basic Modules - Rectification
To present objects as image maps a rectification has to be performed.
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• Pictran-B determines all the initial values for the orientation parameters and coordinates of new points.
• Automated recognition and elimination of gross errors is supported.
• Additional observations (distances, coordinate differences, planes, projection centres, ...) can be introduced as observations.
• Statistical analysis of the results are presented in detail.
• Fast and robust algorithms
Basic Modules – Bundle Block Adjustment
Exterior orientation and camera calibration
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Basic Modules – 3d Digitizing
3d-measurement module
• The measurement is supported by epipolar lines.
• Accuracy information is always available.
• Graphical objects are overlaid on the images as vectors andcan be used for visual ckecking.
• It is possible to select a plane in object space where the object points are distributed (single image method).
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Standard facade project:Measurements and CAD-mapping
Architectural Photogrammetry
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Combined facade mapping with rectified thermography images
Project: Ingenieurbüro Wüsteney, Esslingen - Software: Pictran
technet GmbHtechnet GmbHArchitectural Photogrammetry (Heritage Recording)
Thermography images toshow the in-wall truss
Infrared camera:Inframetrix 600
Temperature resolution:0.1-0.3 Kelvin
Project: Ingenieurbüro Wüsteney, Esslingen - Software: Pictran
technet GmbHtechnet GmbHArchitectural Photogrammetry (Heritage Recording)
Detail mapping of the astronomic watch
Project: Ingenieurbüro Wüsteney, Esslingen - Software: Pictran
technet GmbHtechnet GmbHPhotogrammetry for Design Studies
„Wrapping of the Rheinfalls Rock“
(c) Büro für Leichtbau, Tritthardt + Ayerle, Radolfzell
(c) Büro für Leichtbau, Tritthardt + Ayerle, Radolfzell
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Animation of the wrapped rock
(c) Büro für Leichtbau, Tritthardt + Ayerle, Radolfzell
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• Control points were fixed with the aid of professional climbers.
• 3d measurements were done in asafe place by photogrammetrist.
• Only the required measurements were performed.
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New developments must have a commercial benefit for software industryand their customers.
Customers need systems to solve their problems economically. Softwaremust be....
• easy to use
• robust (algorithms and user interfaces)
• highly automated
• fast
• able to generate accurate and traceable results
• problem-oriented
New DevelopmentsWhat is the basis for new developments?
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• Integration of coded targets
• Upgrading bundle block adjustment (simulation mode, alternative calculation mode, automatic elimination oferrors)
• Implementation of problem-oriented software tools
• Integration of specialized editors for data analysis
• Improvements at customers option
New Developments
What are we doing in the moment?
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New Developments – Integration of Coded Targets
• Customers are able to createand print their own coded targets
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New Developments – Upgrading Bundle Adjustment
2 calculation methods:
• The compact method (old) calculates good results for 95 % of the applications.
• The advanced method (new) is an alternative way.Control points are not used for the calculation of the initial values. So control point errors and image pointerrors can be detected in seperated calculation steps.
1 planning mode (new):
• This mode calculates data for the bundle blockadjustment. (Input: digital surface model, camera definition, camera position and direction)
The calculation of the exterior orientation parameters is still a problem for non-specialists.
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New Developments – Camera Calibration
PROJECT DATA
OBSERVATIONS (OB) 14914
UNKNOWNS (UN) 5063
NU. CONSTR. EQUATIONS (CON) 12
REDUNDANCY (OB-UN+CON) 9863
SUM OF REDUNDANCY NUMBERS 9863.000
NU. OF DIAGONAL SUBMATRICES 5821
NU. OF ALL SUBMATRICES 26618
NU. OF ALL SINGLE ELEMENTS 256878
FILLING OF ATPA [%] 0.8919E+00
Time for image point measurements: 25 sec/image
Calculation time for bundle adjustment: 30 secComputer: Pentium IV, 1800 MhZ
Example: Calibration with coded targets
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New Developments - Automated Rectification
Example for an problem-oriented application
Reasons for the development:
• Users are non-specialists. The software tool must be easyto use.
• Users can‘t generate a global control point system at the object.
• The dimension of the objects is large. More than one images are necessary.
• Short object occupation time is important.
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New Developments - Automated Rectification
Workflow:
• The local control point and tie points has to be marked.Customers should use controlpoint frames. Additionalobservations (distances) are possible.
• Take the photographs.
• Perform the imagemeasurements.
• Start the automated rectification tool.
• Result: One image map
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New Developments - Automated Rectification
User interface and control point frame
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New Developments - Automated Rectification
Traffic accident reconstruction without global coordinate system
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New Developments - Automated Rectification
Traffic accident reconstruction without global coordinate system
Results:
• The method is capable of reducing time exposureand costs
• The achieved accuracy is sufficient to perform traffic accident reconstruction
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New Developments - Automated Rectification
Test: Building 3d spaces with plane base elements for tiling problems
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New Developments – PictranMed
An orthodontic application of digital photogrammetry
• The interior and exterior orientations are calculated without any intervention from an operator
• The pre-processing enables non-specialists to do the measurements.
• The measurements are provided by wizards
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New Developments – PictranMed
Digitizing of 3d points within Pictran
During export the points can be transformed to a standard coordinate system which is defined by 4 prominent points at the ears and below the eyes.
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New Developments – Data Presentation
New editors for...
• the preparation and analysis of input data
• the statistical analysis of results
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New Developments – Data Presentation
Preparing the input data...
• Fixities
• Enslavements
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New Developments – Data Presentation
Grafical tools for monitoring the results
• Precision and reliability analysis
• Error Ellipsoids
• Stress in control points
• ...
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• The number of commercial close range photogrammetry users must increase!
• No camera calibration is needed.
• Higher sensor resolution for higher metric accuracy (cameras 2000 €-5000 €)
• No known geometry on the objects is needed.
• No targets on the objects are needed.
• Automated determination of image point correspondences is possible.
• Automated measurement of free form shaped surfaces is possible.
• Automatic mapping of complex structures is possible.
• All these things must be integrated in an economical system
Wishes and Goals for the future
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... thank you for your attention!
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