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- 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 - http://www.kadinche.com/
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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/