3D surveying method for components incorporated into structures

The method combines photographic image data and three-dimensional coordinate measurement to achieve millimeter-level accuracy in surveying architectural structures, addressing inefficiencies and accuracy issues in existing methods, enabling safe and cost-effective creation of replacement components.

JP7768567B2Active Publication Date: 2025-11-12JAPAN STEEL TOWER CO LTD
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Application Number
JP2023012302
Authority / Receiving Office
JP · JP
Patent Type
Patents
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2023-01-30
Publication Date
2025-11-12
Estimated Expiration
2043-01-30

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Technical Problem

Existing methods for measuring the size and shape of components in architectural structures like steel towers from a distance suffer from poor accuracy and inefficiency, especially when the structure is complex and components are hidden by other members, and current UAV-based solutions do not achieve millimeter-level precision required for replacement components.

Method used

A three-dimensional surveying method using a combination of photographic image data acquisition, three-dimensional coordinate measurement, and calibration to generate highly accurate point cloud data, selecting multiple reference points with varying heights and calibrating the data using at least three calibration points to achieve millimeter-level accuracy.

Benefits of technology

Enables safe, high-precision surveying of complex structures from the ground, reducing time and cost, and allowing for the creation of accurate blueprints for replacement components without the need for workers to climb the structures.

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Abstract

To provide a three-dimensional measurement method of a member capable of achieving highly accurate measurement in a short time, from a ground surface easily, without climbing up to a measurement object member, in measurement of a high building structure.SOLUTION: A three-dimensional measurement method comprises: a first step of selecting, as reference points, multiple points having a height coordinate value different from that of a measurement object member from a range of a structure or the like; a second step of acquiring photograph image data about the measurement object member and a range including the respective reference points by using a photograph image data measurement instrument; a third step of acquiring a reference point coordinate value which is made into a three-dimensional coordinate value by using a three-dimensional measurement instrument; a fourth step of acquiring imaging point group data from the photograph image data; a fifth step of performing calibration applying the reference point coordinate value with respect to a calibration three-dimensional coordinate value in the imaging point group data and acquiring a calibrated imaging point group data; and a sixth step of calculating a distance between the measurement object points, on the basis of the calibrated imaging point group data.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
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