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Positional Accuracy Analysis According to the Exterior Orientation Parameters of a Low-Cost Drone

저가형 드론의 외부표정요소에 따른 위치결정 정확도 분석

  • 김두표 (동아대학교 토목공학과) ;
  • 이재원 (동아대학교 토목공학과)
  • Received : 2021.11.18
  • Accepted : 2021.12.22
  • Published : 2022.04.01
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Abstract

Recently developed drones are inexpensive and very convenient to operate. As a result, the production and utilization of spatial information using drones are increasing. However, most drones acquire images with a low-cost global navigation satellite system (GNSS) and an inertial measurement unit (IMU). Accordingly, the accuracy of the initial location and rotation angle elements of the image is low. In addition, because these drones are small and light, they can be greatly affected by wind, making it difficult to maintain a certain overlap, which degrades the positioning accuracy. Therefore, in this study, images are taken at different times in order to analyze the positioning accuracy according to changes in certain exterior orientation parameters. To do this, image processing was performed with Pix4D Mapper and the accuracy of the results was analyzed. In order to analyze the variation of the accuracy according to the exterior orientation parameters in detail, the exterior orientation parameters of the first processing result were used as meta-data for the second processing. Subsequently, the amount of change in the exterior orientation parameters was analyzed by in a strip-by-strip manner. As a result, it was proved that the changes of the Omega and Phi values among the rotation elements were related to a decrease in the height accuracy, while changes in Kappa were linked to the horizontal accuracy.

최근 개발되는 드론은 저가이면서 운용의 편의성 또한 높아 드론을 이용한 공간정보 제작 및 활용이 나날이 증대되고 있다. 그러나, 대부분 저가형의 드론은 저정밀도 GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System), IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit)를 탑재하여 영상을 취득하기 때문에 영상이 초기에 가지고 있는 위치정보 및 회전각 요소의 정확도가 낮다. 또한, 기체가 작고 가벼워 바람의 영향을 많이 받기 때문에 일정한 중복도를 유지하기에 어려움이 있으며 이러한 문제가 위치결정 정확도에 영향을 미친다. 이에 본 연구에서는 외부표정요소 변화에 따른 위치 정확도 변화를 분석하기 위하여 서로 다른 시기에 촬영한 영상을 Pix4D Mapper로 영상처리하고 성과물의 정확도를 분석하였다. 외부표정요소에 따른 정확도 변화를 세밀하게 분석하기 위하여 1차 처리 결과의 외부표정요소를 2차 처리 시 메타데이터로 활용하였다. 이후 외부표정요소를 스트립별로 나누어 변화량을 분석하였다. 분석 결과 회전각 요소 중 Omega, Phi값의 변화는 표고위치 정확도, Kappa값은 평면위치 정확도의 저하에 더욱 관련되어 있음을 입증하였다.

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Acknowledgement

이 논문은 2018년도 정부(교육부)의 재원으로 한국연구재단의 지원을 받아 수행된 수행되었음(과제번호: NRF-2018R1D1A1A02085675).

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