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http://dx.doi.org/10.7780/kjrs.2022.38.6.1.4

Post-processing Method of Point Cloud Extracted Based on Image Matching for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Image  

Rhee, Sooahm (Image Engineering Research Center, 3DLabs Co. Ltd.)
Kim, Han-gyeol (Image Engineering Research Center, 3DLabs Co. Ltd.)
Kim, Taejung (Department of Geoinformatic Engineering, Inha University)
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Korean Journal of Remote Sensing / v.38, no.6_1, 2022 , pp. 1025-1034 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this paper, we propose a post-processing method through interpolation of hole regions that occur when extracting point clouds. When image matching is performed on stereo image data, holes occur due to occlusion and building façade area. This area may become an obstacle to the creation of additional products based on the point cloud in the future, so an effective processing technique is required. First, an initial point cloud is extracted based on the disparity map generated by applying stereo image matching. We transform the point cloud into a grid. Then a hole area is extracted due to occlusion and building façade area. By repeating the process of creating Triangulated Irregular Network (TIN) triangle in the hall area and processing the inner value of the triangle as the minimum height value of the area, it is possible to perform interpolation without awkwardness between the building and the ground surface around the building. A new point cloud is created by adding the location information corresponding to the interpolated area from the grid data as a point. To minimize the addition of unnecessary points during the interpolation process, the interpolated data to an area outside the initial point cloud area was not processed. The RGB brightness value applied to the interpolated point cloud was processed by setting the image with the closest pixel distance to the shooting center among the stereo images used for matching. It was confirmed that the shielded area generated after generating the point cloud of the target area was effectively processed through the proposed technique.
Keywords
UAV; Photogrammetry; Point cloud; TIN; Interpolation;
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