Aerial photographing system
First Claim
1. An aerial photographing system, comprising a flying vehicle being remotely controlled, a camera tiltably supported in any direction via a gimbal, a retro-reflector tilting integrally with said camera, being set in a known relation with said camera and used as an object to be measured, and a total station installed at a known point for tracking the retro-reflector and for measuring three-dimensional coordinates of the retro-reflector.
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Abstract
An aerial photographing system, comprising a flying vehicle being remotely controlled, a camera (7, 8) tiltably supported in any direction via a gimbal (25), a retro-reflector (9) tilting integrally with the camera, being set in a known relation with the camera and used as an object to be measured, and a total station (3) for tracking the retro-reflector and for measuring position of the retro-reflector.
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- 1. An aerial photographing system, comprising a flying vehicle being remotely controlled, a camera tiltably supported in any direction via a gimbal, a retro-reflector tilting integrally with said camera, being set in a known relation with said camera and used as an object to be measured, and a total station installed at a known point for tracking the retro-reflector and for measuring three-dimensional coordinates of the retro-reflector.
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