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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2012
Kazuo Kitamura, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuo Kochi, Tokyo, JP;
Nicola D'apuzzo, Zurich, CH;
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A point cloud data processing device extracts features of an object from point cloud data thereof and automatically generates a three-dimensional model in a short time. The device includes a non-plane removing unit for removing points of non-plane areas from the point cloud data, and a plane labeling unit for adding identical labels to points in the same planes other than the points that are removed by the non-plane removing unit so as to segment the point cloud data into planes. The device also includes a three-dimensional edge extracting unit for extracting three-dimensional edges based on at least one of lines of intersections of the segmented planes and convex lines that convexly cover the segmented planes. The device further includes a two-dimensional edge extracting unit for extracting two-dimensional edges from within the segmented planes, and an edge integrating unit for integrating the three-dimensional edges and the two-dimensional edges.