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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Toshihiro Nakayama, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
PENTAX Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 ;
Abstract
A photogrammetric image processing apparatus and method defining a plurality of pairs of images including a common target as belonging to the same groups (pairs), providing an image display area and drawing area on the screen of the display device, displaying images of a pair on the image display area, calculating a valid mapping range for the pair , displaying an area marker showing the valid mapping range on the survey map superimposed in the drawing area, designating corresponding image points on the image of the pair to calculate the three-dimensional coordinates of physical points, and generating a survey map based on the three-dimensional coordinates.