Delivery package damage detection using photogrammetry models

    公开(公告)号:US11823372B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-21

    申请号:US16846376

    申请日:2020-04-12

    Abstract: In order to detect possible damage to a delivered product, a set of first images of the product is created prior to delivery which are used to generate a first 3D photogrammetry model, and a set of second electronic images are created after delivery which are used to generate a second 3D photogrammetry model. The two models are then compared to determine whether there is a sufficient deviation to conclude the product has been damaged. The comparison is performed by a cognitive system trained with samples of before/after photogrammetry model pairs each associated with either a damaged condition or a not damaged condition. The baseline photogrammetry model is part of a blockchain record and the recipient photogrammetry model is added to the blockchain record. Intermediate photogrammetry models can also be built where there is more than one shipper along the delivery route to assign liability to the proper party.

    Method and control system for surveying and mapping a terrain while operating a bulldozer
    14.
    发明授权
    Method and control system for surveying and mapping a terrain while operating a bulldozer 有权
    运行推土机的地形测绘方法和控制系统

    公开(公告)号:US09481982B1

    公开(公告)日:2016-11-01

    申请号:US15133145

    申请日:2016-04-19

    Abstract: A Method for generating scaled terrain information while operating a bulldozer. The bulldozer may include a driving unit comprising a set of drive wheels, a motor connected to at least one of the drive wheels, a blade for altering the surface of the terrain, at least one camera for capturing images of the environment, the camera being positioned and aligned in a known manner relative to the bulldozer, and a controlling and processing unit. A method may include moving the bulldozer while concurrently generating a set of image data by capturing an image series of terrain sections with the at least one camera so that at least two images of the image series cover an amount of identical points in the terrain, and either applying a simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) algorithm or a stereo photogrammetry algorithm to the set of image data and thereby deriving terrain data.

    Abstract translation: 一种在运行推土机时生成缩放地形信息的方法。 推土机可以包括驱动单元,其包括一组驱动轮,连接到至少一个驱动轮的马达,用于改变地形表面的叶片,用于捕获环境图像的至少一个相机,相机 以相对于推土机的已知方式定位和对准,以及控制和处理单元。 一种方法可以包括移动推土机,同时通过用至少一个照相机捕获地形部分的图像系列,同时产生一组图像数据,使得图像系列的至少两个图像覆盖地形中相同点的数量,以及 将同时定位和映射(SLAM)算法或立体摄影测量算法应用于图像数据集合,从而导出地形数据。

    Aerial image collection
    15.
    发明授权
    Aerial image collection 有权
    空中图像采集

    公开(公告)号:US09429425B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-08-30

    申请号:US13785796

    申请日:2013-03-05

    Applicant: Navteq B.V.

    Inventor: Marco Tillmann

    Abstract: In one embodiment, an aerial collection system includes an image collection field vehicle that travels at street level and an image collection aerial vehicle that travels in the air above the street. The aerial vehicle collects image data including at least a portion of the field vehicle. The field vehicle includes a marker, which is identified from the collected image data. The marker is analyzed to determine an operating characteristic of the aerial vehicle. In one example, the operating characteristic in the marker includes information for a flight instruction for the aerial vehicle. In another example, the operating characteristic in the marker includes information for the three dimensional relationship between the vehicles. The three dimensional relationship is used to combine images collected from the air and images collected from the street level.

    Abstract translation: 在一个实施例中,空中收集系统包括在街道行驶的图像采集野外车辆和在街道上空中行进的图像收集空中飞行器。 飞行器收集包括现场车辆的至少一部分的图像数据。 现场车辆包括从收集的图像数据识别的标记。 分析标记以确定飞行器的操作特性。 在一个示例中,标记中的操作特性包括用于飞行器的飞行指令的信息。 在另一示例中,标记中的操作特性包括用于车辆之间的三维关系的信息。 三维关系用于组合从空中收集的图像和从街道级采集的图像。

    AERIAL IMAGE COLLECTION
    17.
    发明申请
    AERIAL IMAGE COLLECTION 有权
    空中影像收藏

    公开(公告)号:US20140257595A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-09-11

    申请号:US13785796

    申请日:2013-03-05

    Applicant: NAVTEQ B.V.

    Inventor: Marco Tillmann

    Abstract: In one embodiment, an aerial collection system includes an image collection field vehicle that travels at street level and an image collection aerial vehicle that travels in the air above the street. The aerial vehicle collects image data including at least a portion of the field vehicle. The field vehicle includes a marker, which is identified from the collected image data. The marker is analyzed to determine an operating characteristic of the aerial vehicle. In one example, the operating characteristic in the marker includes information for a flight instruction for the aerial vehicle. In another example, the operating characteristic in the marker includes information for the three dimensional relationship between the vehicles. The three dimensional relationship is used to combine images collected from the air and images collected from the street level.

    Abstract translation: 在一个实施例中,空中收集系统包括在街道行驶的图像采集野外车辆和在街道上空中行进的图像收集空中飞行器。 飞行器收集包括现场车辆的至少一部分的图像数据。 现场车辆包括从收集的图像数据识别的标记。 分析标记以确定飞行器的操作特性。 在一个示例中,标记中的操作特征包括用于飞行器的飞行指令的信息。 在另一示例中,标记中的操作特性包括用于车辆之间的三维关系的信息。 三维关系用于组合从空中收集的图像和从街道级采集的图像。

    LASER PROJECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD
    18.
    发明申请
    LASER PROJECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD 有权
    激光投影系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20130250094A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-09-26

    申请号:US13652735

    申请日:2012-10-16

    Inventor: Kurt D. Rueb

    Abstract: A laser projection system for projecting an image on a workpiece includes a photogrammetry assembly and a laser projector, each communicating with a computer. The photogrammetry assembly includes a first camera for scanning the workpiece, and the laser projector projects a laser image to arbitrary locations. Light is conveyed from the direction of the workpiece to the photogrammetry assembly. The photogrammetry assembly signals the coordinates light conveyed toward the photogrammetry assembly to the computer with the computer being programmable for determining a geometric location of the laser image. The computer establishes a geometric correlation between the photogrammetry assembly, the laser projector, and the workpiece for realigning the laser image to a corrected geometric location relative to the workpiece.

    Abstract translation: 用于将图像投影在工件上的激光投影系统包括每个与计算机通信的摄影测量组件和激光投影仪。 摄影测量组件包括用于扫描工件的第一相机,并且激光投影仪将激光图像投射到任意位置。 光从工件的方向传送到摄影测量组件。 摄影测量组件将计算机可编程的用于确定激光图像的几何位置的向摄影测量组件传送的坐标信号发送到计算机。 计算机在摄影测量组件,激光投影仪和工件之间建立几何相关性,以将激光图像重新对准相对于工件的校正几何位置。

    3D MODEL CONSTRUCTION FROM 2D ASSETS
    20.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180322695A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-08

    申请号:US15589387

    申请日:2017-05-08

    Abstract: Features of the surface of an object of interest captured in a two-dimensional (2D) image are identified and marked for use in point matching to align multiple 2D images and generating a point cloud representative of the surface of the object in a photogrammetry process. The features which represent actual surface features of the object may have their local contrast enhanced to facilitate their identification. Reflections on the surface of the object are suppressed by correlating such reflections with, e.g., light sources, not associated with the object of interest so that during photogrammetry, such reflections can be ignored, resulting in the creation of a 3D model that is an accurate representation of the object of interest. Prior to local contrast enhancement and the suppression of reflection information, identification and isolation of the object of interest can be improved through one or more filtering processes.

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