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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2006
Yoshihiko Minami, Tokyo, JP;
Yukio Akamatsu, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Takeda, Tokyo, JP;
Kokusai Kogyo Co., Ltd, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method of producing aerial photograph data is provided which is capable of positively utilizing stored photograph data and an image of a desired object included in a photographed image. The method includes a step of determining a distance between a position of a virtual photographic principal point (virtual photographic principal point position) obtained by the use of spatial position information of a target point and spatial direction of a view vector and a position of an actual photographic principal point (actual photographic principal point position) of each of a plurality of aerial photographs to automatically select a specific aerial photograph, and a step of extracting, from the specific aerial photograph, a selected image having the target point arranged at a predetermined position therein.