Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for analysing images generated from at least one imaging system on at least one satellite. The method comprises providing at least three images of an area of interest from the at least one imaging system, where the at least three provided images are provided from at least three different angles,establishing point correspondence between the at least three provided images,generating at least two sets of three-dimensional information based on the at least three provided images, wherein the at least two sets of three-dimensional information are generated based on at least two different combinations of at least two of the at least three provided images of the area of interest,and comparing the at least two sets of three-dimensional information so as to determine discrepancies and providing information related to the imaging system and/or errors in the images based on the determined discrepancies. The invention also relates to a method for image correction, a system, a computer program and a computer program product.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method and arrangement for developing a 3D model of an environment. The method comprises steps of providing a plurality of overlapping images of the environment, each image associated of navigation data, providing distance information, said LIDAR information comprising a distance value and navigation data from a plurality of distance measurements, and developing the 3D model based on the plurality of overlapping images and the distance information. The step of developing the 3D model comprises the steps of providing the 3D model based on the plurality of overlapping images; and updating the 3D model with the distance information using an iterative process.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method (700) and system for geo-referencing at least one sensor image. The method comprises the steps of -generating (701 )said at least one sensor image of a first scene with at least one sensor, -accessing (702) a 3D model of the environment comprising geo-coded 3D coordinate data and related to at least one second scene, said second scene encompassing said first scene, -matching (703) the sensor image with the 3D model find a section of the 3D model where there is a match between the first and the second scenes, -geo-referencing (704 )the sensor image based on the geo-coded 3D coordinate data of the found section of the 3D model, and -determining (705) a measure related to an uncertainty in the matching between the sensor image and the 3D model.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for estimating values for a set of parameters of an imaging system 1. The method comprises taking at least two pictures with the imaging system (1), where the at least two pictures are taken from different positions and where the at least two pictures comprise an at least partially overlapping area. It also comprises sending out pulses to the at least partially overlapping area, and detecting the reflected pulses and calculating distances between a sender of the pulses and the respective point where the pulses were reflected based on the travel time of the pulses. Further, the method comprises associating positioning data to the pictures and to the calculated distance between the points where the pulses were reflected and the sender of the pulses. Said positioning data comprises a position and pointing direction of the imagining system 1 and the sender of the pulses. The method comprises calculating first information about the area, based on the at least two pictures, the information comprising at least one quantity of the area, the at least one quantity comprising size and/or position,and calculating second information related to the calculated distances to the at least partly overlapping area, the second information comprising at least one quantity of the area, the at least one quantity comprising size and/or position. The method also comprises comparing values for the quantities contained in the first and second information,and, if the value for at least one quantity of the area obtained from the first information differs from the value for the corresponding at least one quantity of the area obtained from the second information, calculating values and/or an error estimate for the set of parameters of the imaging system 1 based on the difference.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method (600) and an arrangement for providing a 3D model of an environment. The method comprises the step of forming (610) a mesh modelling the environment in three dimensions, said mesh comprising nodes interconnected by edges and having surfaces boarded by the edges, wherein each node is associated to a 3D coordinate in a geographical coordinate system, determining (620) for a plurality of the nodes and/or surfaces and/or edges in the mesh a mesh uncertainty and associating (630) the determined mesh uncertainty to the corresponding node and/or surface and/or edge.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for estimating 3D-models in a street environment using stereo sensor technique, the sensors comprised being arranged in pairs. The invention also refers to an arrangement for estimating 3D-models in a street environment using stereo sensor technique, comprising at least one pair of sensors (16, 17, 18) mounted on a bracket (33), each pair of sensors being positioned in a common plane. The invention solves the problem to measure stereo effects under difficult contrast conditions. According to the invention a method is proposed that ensures that the sensors of each pair comprised, are positioned based upon contrast information such that low levels of contrasts in an image plane are avoided. An arrangement is also proposed that involves that comprised pairs of sensors (16, 17, 18) are mutually positioned relative to an essentially horizontal plane (22) of the bracket (33) such that the sensors (16a, 16b, 17a, 17b, 18a, 18b) of a sensor pair (16, 17, 18) is positioned horizontally at a distance from each other and one of the sensors above the horizontal plane of the bracket (33) and the other under the horizontal plane (22).
Abstract:
A method and arrangement for estimating 3D-models in a street environment using a stereo sensor technique. At least one pair of sensors are arranged in pairs and are mounted on a bracket. Each pair of sensors is positioned in a common plane. The sensors of each pair are positioned based upon contrast information such that low levels of contrasts in an image plane are avoided. The pairs of sensors are mutually positioned relative to an essentially horizontal plane of the bracket such that the sensors of a sensor pair are positioned horizontally at a distance from each other and one of the sensors above the horizontal plane of the bracket and the other under the horizontal plane.