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WO/2001/048683A1 |
Recorded images having an overlapping scene transformed into a Qualitative Cylispheric Stereo Pair (QCSP) of images. Pixels corresponding to a common scene object point are located in the same or nearly the same horizontal lines in the Q...
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WO/2001/035053A1 |
Methods and apparatus for analyzing or processing an image for various measurement purposes. In one example, an automated easy-to-use image metrology system suitable for both specialist users (e.g., photogrammetrists, forensic scientists...
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WO/2001/035052A1 |
Robust landmarks having one or more detectable properties in an image that are invariant with respect to scale or tilt, and methods for detecting such marks. In one example, a robust mark has one or more unique detectable properties in a...
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WO/2001/031290A2 |
The invention relates to a method for the determination of stand attributes with an instrument above the stand. In the method, three-dimensional information is collected from the stands by using such a number of sample hits, that individ...
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WO/2001/026059A1 |
A process for producing a survey animated digital model for visualisation of such things as planning developments. Vector data is extracted from merged digital images (13). Attribute data is assigned to items such as trees or hedges. Gro...
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WO1997001112B1 |
The present invention is an apparatus for creating an image indicating distances to objects (11) in a scene. The invention is comprised of a radiation source (10) and modulator (16), telecentric optics (42) for receiving and collimating ...
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WO/2001/004575A1 |
An optical target (1) including a positioning sub target (2) for determining position, and a plurality of identifying sub targets (3) for identifying one optical target (1) from another, each of which plurality of identifying sub targets...
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WO/2001/001347A1 |
A system (100) and method (500) for accurately mapping between camera coordinates and geo-coordinates, called geo-spatial registration, using a Euclidean model. The system utilizes the imagery and terrain information contained in the geo...
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WO/2000/077736A1 |
The invention relates to a method of detecting objects within a wide range of a road vehicle. According to said method, the distance between a moving or stationary vehicle and one or more objects is calculated by distance-based image seg...
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WO/2000/078055A1 |
The acquisition of 3-D scenes by a single hand-held camera is disclosed. The camera is preferably mounted on a lens attachment with four mirrors, enabling stereo capturing of the scene. The signal processing tasks involved, camera calibr...
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WO/2000/067061A1 |
An adaptive optic system for an earth-viewing telescope on board an orbiting spacecraft includes a deformable mirror (108), a synthetic guide star laser (116), and a control module (124) that corrects not only on-axis wavefront error, bu...
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WO/2000/066976A2 |
The invention relates to a method for recording an image of an area (2) of overflown ground, according to which several individual images of an overflown area (6a; 6b; 6c) are sequentially recorded by electrooptic means, stored digitally...
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WO/2000/057357A1 |
A method for forming an image for making a map with no distortion and with high resolution. The ground is photographed from an airplane (S10) to produce an aerial photograph (S12). The ground is also photographed from an artificial satel...
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WO/2000/047949A1 |
The invention relates to a method for taking air-borne photogrammetric pictures. According to said method, at least two photoelectric transducer arrays (7) are arranged in the airplane (A) perpendicular to the flight direction (v) and ar...
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WO/2000/046751A2 |
In a method of processing first and second stereo pairs of images (I¿L?, I¿R?; I¿L?', I¿R?') of an object (3), imaged by a stereo rig, a first ordered distortion map (D-MAP 1) of the local geometric transformations required to map re...
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WO/2000/042385A1 |
A method of extracting information from remotely sensed data is disclosed comprising the steps of acquiring a plurality of data samples from at least one sensor, each data sample corresponding to a respective footprint. The one or more s...
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WO/2000/038003A1 |
A flash unit comprising a flash light source (2) and a projector lens (8) positioned to project light from the flash source onto a subject. In a preferred embodiment there are two flash light sources for projecting patterned and unpatter...
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WO/2000/025089A1 |
An apparatus and method particularly, but not exclusively, suited for use in survey applications are disclosed which allow a three dimensional image of a target or target area to be created. An imaging device is used to capture a two dim...
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WO/2000/004508A1 |
A system to automatically generate a fully-textured 3D model of an object from motion images is disclosed. The system tracks salient features in the motion images based on detected salient features using a salient feature operator. A fea...
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WO/2000/003346A1 |
Methods and devices for improving the laser scanning process by supplementing data obtained by laser scanning with data obtained through photogrammetry. More specifically, a laser scanning visual database containing location information ...
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WO/2000/003543A1 |
An aerial reconnaissance system generates imagery of a scene that meets resolution or field of view objectives automatically and autonomously. In one embodiment, a passive method of automatically calculating range to the target from a se...
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WO/1999/063306A1 |
The invention relates to a method and apparatus for automated measurement, particularly the use of automated measurement in retailing. As many as 50 % of all measurement-sensitive furnishing orders are inaccurate, mainly due to difficult...
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WO/1999/060334A1 |
Disclosed is an image scanning method, wherein an infrared line scanner is moved at different heights and at different speeds over a terrain in order to scan images of said terrain. The scanning rate of the line scanner is constant and i...
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WO/1999/060525A1 |
An arrangement (Figure 1) for generating a 3D representation of an object (3) comprises a camera (CM) freely movable to a further viewpoint (CM') and arranged to acquire respective overlapping images at each viewpoint. The orientation of...
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WO/1999/058927A1 |
An image generating device comprising two or more imaging means (3a, 3b) adapted for imaging an object to generate sets of image data and arranged at different positions, correlation finding means (5) for finding the correlation between ...
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WO/1999/053337A1 |
The present invention has its applications in life-saving services, guarding services, in various human activities. Its embodiment provides possibility for stereo-observation and photographing in various scales, filing of object's coordi...
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WO/1999/049651A1 |
The invention concerns a method for acquiring and processing an earth satellite observation image using at least an array or matrix of load transfer sensors moving past opposite a zone under observation, which consists in acquiring a plu...
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WO/1999/035855A1 |
A system for generating a three-dimensional image is described. The system includes a camera (104) which records a first image of a first location (112) and a second image of a second location (134). A motion detector (134) detects the m...
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WO/1999/034346A1 |
A method and apparatus for processing digital map data, which is useful in making accurate road maps and can be used for navigation and control of vehicles based on such road maps. A map image processing station (16) includes an image pr...
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WO/1999/024846A1 |
A device for determining measuring periods for satellite measurement of points at least partially surrounded by visual obstacles, comprising a pick up device (11) for digital reception of an image recording said visual obstacles from one...
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WO/1999/023452A1 |
The invention relates to a device for referencing a system of co-ordinates (1) in space (2), comprising a body (4) suspended in space (2), said body being aligned in the local gravity field (3) and having at least two means (5) which emi...
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WO/1999/022281A1 |
The invention concerns a method for calibrating a camera (4, 22) arranged on a mobile support (21), wherein the camera takes a test object image formed of at least three marks appearing in the camera field, and the analysis of said image...
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WO/1999/021354A1 |
An electronic system and method for minimizing the loss of image sharpness caused by image motion during the exposure interval of a camera using electro-optical area array image sensors is provided. Differential speed clocking is perform...
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WO/1999/018732A1 |
In accordance with the present invention, there is provided an image capture and georeferencing unit. The unit comprises in combination, a portable camera (11) with a GPS antenna and receiver (15b) that captures global coordinates, a com...
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WO/1999/017077A1 |
The invention in one embodiment is a method for remotely displaying photogrammetric imagery, including: remotely establish a communication link to a location storing the photogrammetric imagery; retrieving the photogrammetric imagery ove...
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WO1998054896A9 |
The system of the present invention includes a hardware device (40) and software, which are configurable and operable in three modes: recording mode, indexing mode, and playback mode. In the recording mode, the hardware device (40) is co...
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WO/1999/009373A1 |
A method and apparatus for determining the range of an object. A first image of at least a portion of the object viewed from a first position is generated. A second image of the portion viewed from a second position spaced apart from the...
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WO/1998/052348A1 |
The invention concerns a method for acquiring an image by oversampled push-broom scanning from a satellite-borne vehicle or aircraft carrying at least a load transfer sensor bar, characterised in that it consists in controlling the attit...
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WO/1998/041079A2 |
The present invention discloses a super resolution pan-sharpening technique that is used to increase the resolution of a multi-spectral signal produced by spectral detectors (132, 134, ..., 136) using a panchromatic signal produced by a ...
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WO/1998/036321A1 |
The invention concerns an apparatus for accurately locating radioactive or other radiation sources in surroundings which may have been previously unknown, comprising a pair of visual cameras (7) oriented in such directions that they have...
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WO/1998/026252A2 |
A precision motion platform carrying an imaging device under a large-field-coverage lens enables capture of high resolution imagery over the full field in an instantaneous telephoto mode and wide-angle coverage through temporal integrati...
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WO/1998/025410A1 |
A camera system is described which is based on an electro-optical imaging array performs electronic image motion compensation without moving parts during a reconnaissance maneuver in which the aircraft (22) is experiencing a non-zero rat...
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WO/1998/021550A1 |
A system and method for imaging reflective surfaces are disclosed wherein a diffused light source having a predetermined frequency range and in a predetermined pattern is directed toward the reflective surface. The light reflecting off t...
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WO/1998/020301A1 |
An electro-optical framing camera forward motion compensation (FMC) system comprising a moving shutter and a full frame focal plane array detector is disclosed. The reconnaissance system is designed to minimize the variation of image mot...
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WO/1998/017060A1 |
A method and system is disclosed for imaging a celestial object, typically the Earth, with a spacecraft orbiting the celestial object. The method includes steps of (a) operating an imager (10) instrument aboard the spacecraft to generate...
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WO/1998/012504A1 |
A mobile mapping system is designed to generate a geometrically precise three-dimensional detailed model of an unknown indoor environment. There is no limit on the distance the mobile system may travel, nor on the type of details that ca...
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WO/1998/010246A1 |
The subject invention provides devices and methods for efficiently and accurately gathering image and other field data using a handheld portable Geographic Data Manager (GDMs). The subject GDMs can utilize a combination of GPS antennas a...
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WO/1998/008053A1 |
A stereocamera (1) for digital photogrammetry has input optics (2) and optical detectors arranged in the focal plane and whose output signals are processed into image information in an evaluation unit (6). At least two optical detectors ...
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WO/1998/008193A1 |
The invention aims at producing a panoramic scanning for high performance optoelectronic equipment. To achieve this, a high rate sensing matrix (3) and a particular video signal electronic processing (S�v?) are used for reconstituting ...
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WO/1998/004881A1 |
The invention relates to a system for determining spatial coordinates of points, wherein the system involves a fixed array of a network (2) of control points (3), and a manually or mechanically manipulatable measuring probe (1; 1') conta...
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