Low-altitude photogrammetry pixel and geographic latitude and longitude real-time conversion method
By acquiring data in real time from drones and integrating data from multiple sources, the real-time performance and cost issues of pixel-to-geographic coordinate conversion in traditional low-altitude photogrammetry have been resolved. This enables efficient geographic information extraction during random drone inspections and manual flights, making it suitable for various application scenarios.
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Applications(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- HI-THINK TECH CORP
- Filing Date
- 2026-03-16
- Publication Date
- 2026-06-23
AI Technical Summary
Traditional low-altitude photogrammetry technology cannot achieve real-time conversion between pixels and geographic coordinates, which makes it unable to meet the real-time requirements of random inspections and manual flights by UAVs. In addition, the high hardware cost limits its application in terms of flexibility, real-time performance and economy.
Through steps such as real-time acquisition of UAV data, data fusion preprocessing, construction of the view frustum model, integration of multi-source data, and calculation of geographic coordinates, the real-time conversion of pixel coordinates to geographic latitude and longitude is achieved, including UAV attitude data filtering, time synchronization, dynamic updating of the view frustum model, and elevation error compensation.
It enables real-time geographic information extraction from drones during random inspections and manual flights, reduces hardware costs, improves data processing efficiency, and is applicable to various application scenarios such as agricultural monitoring and urban planning.
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