Copyright © 2012 Kadinche Corporation. All rights reserved. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. Soko Aoki, Ph.D. CEO of Kadinche, Tokyo, Japan Panorama Shooting and Hosting Platform for Nature Monitoring
Jul 02, 2015
Copyright © 2012 Kadinche Corporation. All rights reserved.The information contained herein is subject to change without notice.
Soko Aoki, Ph.D.CEO of Kadinche, Tokyo, Japan
Panorama Shooting and Hosting Platform for Nature Monitoring
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KadincheIT startup focusing on spatial expression technology
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3D Simulator (Display Manufacturer)
Air Dome Projection (University) R&D ( Electronics Companies)
Panorama Virtual Shops (Retail)
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Conventional Mountain Monitoring• Using fixed web cam or DSLR
• Low resolution to monitor plants, animals, & snow
• Low zoom lenses to cover whole area
• The system needs to be controlled automatically or remotely in the mountain lodge
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Image: Tateyama Murodou Mountain Lodge
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Joint Project with National Institute for Environmental Studies Japan
• Center for Global Environmental Research
• Purpose– Plants & Flowers Monitoring– Snow Monitoring– Animal Monitoring
• First experiment in Tateyama, Toyama, Japan
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Approach: Giga-‐‑‒Pixel Panorama PhotoStitching multiple photos into a high resolution image
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1, Shooting
2, Stitching
3, Web Contents Robotic Head, Gigapan, USA
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Tateyama Murodou Mountain LodgeDistance to Surface, Area, & Camera Lenses
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3,000m 600m
Lenses Focal Length Area per Shot Horizontal x Ver7cal = Number of Photos
Time of Shoo7ng (Approximate)
200mm 180m x 120m 16 x 5 = 80 Pics 80 Pics x 10 Seconds = 14 Min
100mm 360m x 240m 9 x 3 = 27 Pics 27 Pics x 10 Seconds = 5 Min
50mm 720m x 480m 5 x 2 = 10 Pics 10 Pics x 10 Seconds = 2 Min
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System Architecture2 Cameras, 1 Robot Head, 1 PC with the Internet
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Camera 1 + Wide Lens
Camera 2 + Zoom Lens
Robot Head
Weather Decision
Periodic Shoo7ng
Panorama S7tching
USB USB
USB
Online Storage
Data Sending
PC
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Demo Video
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Feature 1: Shooting Area Configuration• Pointing left above and right bottomto configure the area of shooting
• Number of shots is calculated with the relationship with camera lenses and area
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Feature 2: Weather Decision• One time shot would be 1 Gigabyte
• To reduce the size of data to be saved in the storage, we do not shoot when the mountain is not observable
• Weather decision using the images pixel dispersion
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Feature 3: Periodic Shooting• Periodic shooting is realized with Windowsʼ’ Task Scheduler
• Periodic Schedule– Camera: Shoot every 1 hour from 5 am to 5 pm– Uploader: Upload data at 9 pm everyday
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PanoPlaza: Panorama Photo Hosting Platformhttp://cloud.panoplaza.com/
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Cloud BasedAll the tools are on the Internet
IntuitiveTagging by Drag & Drop
Do It YourselfYou can start using now!
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Result: Mt. Tateyama & Mt. FujiStitched Giga-‐‑‒Pixel Panorama Photos
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Mt. Tateyama
Mt. Fuji
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Result: Resolution & Zoom
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5616 x 3744 Pixel 24mm
26798 x 18658 Pixel 200mm
About 5 times in Horizontal & Vertical with Zoomed Image
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Future Work• System Improvement
– Stability– Automatic Stitching Feature– Image Analysis Feature
• Field Experiment– 1st Year (2014) : Installation to Tateyama Murodou Mountain Lodge
• Mountain Lodge will be closed soon due to Winter season– 2nd Year (2015): Long-‐‑‒term monitoring
• Expansion for other mountains & countries
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I am also doingPax Earth: Environmental NGO in Nepal (http://pax-‐‑‒earth.org/)
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Future Work: Monitoring Himalaya
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Image: NASA
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Future: Panorama Video
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Using 6 cameras flying over the surface of a mountain
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Summary• Panorama Shooting and Hosting Platform for Nature Monitoring– Robot-‐‑‒head Mounted Panorama Shooting Camera– High Resolution Zoomed Image of Mountains for Scientific Research
– Panorama Photo is Viewable (Zoomable) as Web Contents
– Experiment in Tateyama, Toyama, Japan with National Institute of Environmental Studies
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Anyone need Remote Giga-‐‑‒Pixel Shooting?
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Thank you!
Soko Aoki, [email protected]
http://www.kadinche.com/en/