iOne STKA Technology Innovation Forum - The Science of Where 5.16.13

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products based and covered under one or more of the following VI US Patents: USP 7,127,348 (“System”); USP 7,893,957 (“ARCA”); USP 7,725,258 ("CoCo”); USP 7,212,938; USP 6,928,194; USP7,630,579. For more information, please see http://visualintell.com/visualintell1/vi-patents/ 1

Dr. Armando GuevaraVisual IntelligencePresident and CEO

[email protected]

The iOne Software Sensor Tool Kit

Architecture

Technology Forum InnovationRotterdam Thurs 5.16.13

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products based and covered under one or more of the following VI US Patents: USP 7,127,348 (“System”); USP 7,893,957 (“ARCA”); USP 7,725,258 ("CoCo”); USP 7,212,938; USP 6,928,194; USP7,630,579. For more information, please see http://visualintell.com/visualintell1/vi-patents/

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The Science of WhereBuilding Blocks

Geospatial Technology

GIS

RS GPS

GEOMATICS

Spatial Enabling of Information

GEOGRAPHY

PhotogrammetryPixelgrammetry




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The Science of WhereThe Spatial Enabling of Information




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Garbage In – Garbage OutIt all starts with data collection

Courtesy of Astrium Geo




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The Spatial Enabling of InformationAn Ongoing Paradigm Shift

1. The state of affairs of the digital geoimaging technology market is that of the computer industry 20+ years ago with a mix of non-standardized and proprietary computing technologies… disruptive, inefficient and expensive for the end-user.

2. Enabling paradigm shift forces: miniaturization, digitization and convergence. Smaller, faster, more for less.

3. Integration of digital commercial off the shelve components (COTS). Mobile devices / phones.

4. Pixelgrammetry (photogrammetry + digital image processing + computer vision)




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• The future of photogrammetry may result in a

confusing variety of non-standard aerial camera

systems, each to be associated with a different

workflow and in need of different analysis tools.

This is at least the impression one has to get as

one reviews the variety of ideas and products

currently proposed. Source: “Novel Concepts for Aerial Digital Cameras” by

Franz W. Leberl and Michael A. Gruber, Institute of

Computer Graphics and Vision, Graz University of

Technology, Austria. (Circa 2003?)

www.isprs.org/commission1/proceedings02/paper/0006

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Today’s Digital Aerial Imaging Technology –confusing variety




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Today’s Digital Aerial Imaging Technology – “the wild west”

• Digital airborne imaging and

mapping is in its wild-west phase

right now (USGS, 2006)… and

continues today (2013)

Source: “Calibration and validation of digital airborne

cameras” by Michael Cramer, ISPRS Commission I

Symposium, Marne la Valle, July 4-6 2006

• Monolithic

• Single Purpose• A digital analog

• Expensive

• Hard to field service• Non scalable

• Lack of standards




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TASK:

Collect 500 kilometers of corridor with 800 meter swath at 30 cm GSD (1 foot) pixels –impact of kps 12,000 m AGL 12 kms swath

40 kps 30 cm GSD

Small – Medium – Large Frame

Confusing Concepts – Introduce kpskps – kilo pixel swath

1 kps = 1,000 pixels cross track Iris One Hi-5




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Ultra-confusing variety, ultra-monolithic, ultra-single purpose… ultra-costly.

7 kps+ Medium 11 kps+ Large

Aerial linear array, digital pushbroom

Digital cameras were first

introduced in 2002

Frame film Camera




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• Visual Intelligence did not set out to build yet another aerial sensor. We set out to create a software architecture from which all kinds of multi-purpose sensors could be built (“large” or miniaturized), fused or integrated in an economical, efficient and effective way; with rapid deployment and ease of maintenance in the field.

• We set out to create a geoimaging paradigm shift!

Visual Intelligence InnovationA Paradigm Shift




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Visual Intelligence A Geospatial Industry Paradigm Shift

Metric Geoimaging

Aerial Sensors

Terrestrial SensorsMobile Sensors

Miniaturized Sensors

INNOVATION STARTS HERE

Digital Geoimaging Sensors




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The ARCATM of iOneTM

Arched Retinal Camera Array

US Patent # 7,893,957




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US Patent # 7,893,957

ARCA behaves like a single camera – Virtual Frame

The ARCA of iOne Enables

Modular and Scalable Systems




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The ARCATM Camera Modules

iOne camera modules are “mini computers” with electronic shutter and software driven integration. The ARCA camera array system has very fast (1 frame/sec) performance with precise geospatial metric accuracy. The array performs as ONE camera.

• Camera modules are rigorously

geometrically & radiometrically calibrated

to less then 1 micron.

• Full ARCA is calibrated using flight

calibration range.

• The power is in the IP software -64bit multi core and the iOne Virtual Frame.




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Scalable collection capacity




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The ARCA of iOne Enables Modular and Scalable Systems


US Patent # 7,893,957




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Collection Scalability


US Patent # 7,893,957





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11 kps using 11 MPix CCD – 19 kps using 29 MPix CCD






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19 kps using 11 MPix CCD – 32 kps using 29 MPix CCD






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US Patent # 7,893,957


Collection and Functional

Scalability




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Different applications can be enabled by using multiple ARCA array(s) with different angles and/or orienting the ARCA along track or cross track to the flight path.

Functional Scalability




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An ARCA array can be RGB, other NIR etc. By changing angles and/or form factor within a normalized ARCA other spectra sensor camera modules can be added.





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Iris One ARCA with 3 RGB camera modules and 3 NIR. 11 kps with 11 MPix CMs.






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Iris One ARCA with 5 RGB camera modules and 5 NIR. Largest kps format / multispectral.






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Ortho – MS – Stereo – Oblique

All in One Sensor = iOne

Dual ARCA Array Co Registered

n-ARCA Array Largest swath

Scalable functionality


Engineering .6 B/H




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iOne Geoimaging Metric SensorsUSGS Sensor Type Certified

http://calval.cr.usgs.gov/documents/manufacturers_certification/USGS_Sensor_Type_Certification_M7VI.pdf




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iOne Family of Sensors Using One Single Foundation

iOne n-Oblique




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iOne Reconfigurable SystemsTwo Sensors in One

Large area collection 20 kps High altitude and resolution oblique

Reconfigurable

iOne n-Oblique




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Sensor Fusion - CoCoTM

CoCo - Co mounting and Co registering of sensors

Circa 2001 Azimuth LiDAR #9

US Patent # 7,725,258




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iOne IMS CoCoTM




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Single Pass

Highest Resolution Optimal Swath Linear-Area Collection

• Ortho

• Multispectral

• Oblique

• Point clouds

• 3D Modeling

Infrastructure Metric Mapping

• Linear Corridors

• Transportation

• Oil & Gas

iOne Infrastructure Mapping Systems




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iOne UAV/UAS

Metric Innovation

Fully metric, small and light




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Miniaturized Geoimaging




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The iOne Colibrí Surveyor

Durable, Modular and Scalable

Made possible by…




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iOne Colibrí Alpha Test

The Ultimate Robot Surveyor

Hand held

launch test Click here for

video




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iOne Colibrí Surveyor Applications

• Economical and fast accurate surveys for small local projects

(ortho maps, stereo, point clouds,

3D)• Infrastructure Construction

• Accident Traffic Monitoring and

Newscasts

• Precision Agriculture• Linear Assets Line Monitoring• Open mine monitoring and mapping

• Insurance Claims (change detection)• Emergency Response

• Forest fires

And many more…Your imagination is the limit!




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Visual Intelligence iOne CloudInnovating Geospatial Information Services

Product Delivery

Optimized Automated Workflows

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GeospatialCloud Services




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iOne: From the Sensor to Actionable Information




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The iOne STKA




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Summary iOne STKA• iOne Sensor Tool Kit Architecture – a

software foundation for the design, development and rapid deployment of economical, modular, scalable, efficient, reliable and fast family of geoimaging sensors.

• Using CoCo patent, sensors can be co-mounted and co-registered (fused) in passive/active configurations.

© Visual Intelligence Proprietary – Public Release


products based and covered under one or more of the following VI US Patents: USP 7,127,348 (“System”); USP 7,893,957 (“ARCA”); USP 7,725,258 ("CoCo”); USP 7,212,938; USP 6,928,194; USP7,630,579. For more information, please see http://visualintell.com/visualintell1/vi-patents/ 41

Dr. Armando GuevaraVisual IntelligencePresident and CEO

[email protected]