Photogrammetric apparatus wherein a pair of stereophotographs have their images projected into the apparatus's optical system so as to form a stereomodel therein, which is visually observable through the optical system's binocular viewer. Relative movement of the optical system's measuring markers and the stereomodel is detected by moving a scanner device over the planar surface of a grid device, which serves as an encoder and develops command signals corresponding to the coordinates of a select...

A photogrammetric stereoplotter using a stereoscopic binocular unit (1) to provide an image of spatially separated masters (4,5) and including a cursor (6) providing X Y coordinates and measuring marks providing Z coordinates in which the X Y Z coordinates are fed through a stereogrammetric unit (7) to a computer (8) with a display and/or printer (12,13) and an interface (14) to a display tube (16) and through an optic train (18) to at least one side of the binocular unit (1), and including a to...

Structural details of industrial plants are derived from stereo-pair photographs by analyzing the structure into basic 3D unit shapes. The information is stored in a data store and may be obtained by interrogation of the store, as a direct print out through a graphics display, or via an interfaced graphic display system, such as PDMS. Plant structural designs can be readily modified by altering the basic unit shapes within the data store and/or their parameters.

An apparatus for use in photogrammetry is disclosed having two spaced-apart parallel scanning zones to which the photographs of a stereoscopic pair of photographs are mounted. A carriage mounted optical scanning system is provided for scanning the two scanning zones and for projecting images of the respective zones to a binocular viewing system, and a secondary optical system is provided, preferably on the carriage, for superimposing reference marks on the projected images. The scanning system i...

A photogrammetric camera, in particular for photogrammetric measurements of technical objects, has a primary lens system (10) designed as a focussable objective and a combination of at least one high-resolution sensor (12, 14, 16) and a lens unit (18, 20, 22) which acts as a secondary lens system for producing an enlarged section of the focal plane of the primary objective on the high-resolution sensor. The secondary objective and the high-resolution sensor are movable across the optical axis (2...

A target for use in photogrammetry and automated theodolite systems comprising a rigid body having a support surface, a retro-reflective member comprised of a tape-forming substrate having normally a rearward surface and a forward surface an adhesive provided on the rear surface thereof for securing same to the support surface of the target; there being light reflective discrete particles secured adhesively on the forward face of the retro-reflective member; and a mask-forming member having a re...

The invention is directed to a shutter wherein the rotary discs thereof are accelerated out of a standstill start position for each exposure operation and are again brought to standstill at the end of the exposure operation. The start position is computed such that a constant access time results for all exposure times. An electronic control circuit for the shutter includes a position-control circuit and a speed-control circuit. During each exposure operation, the drive for the rotary discs of th...

An image of an out-of-scale aerial survey photograph is projected onto a reflective surface of an unstretched, flexible mirror vertically positioned in a frame. The back of the mirror is connected to a plurality of control rods arranged in a coordinate system. The control rods are horizontally, movably supported on the frame so that the mirror is supported vertically free of tension. The mirror reflects the image onto a template having key points which also appear on the photograph. The control ...

The close range Photogrammetric Laser System ("PLS") is an all digital system designed to measure three dimensional ("3-D") surfaces at relatively close ranges. The PLS comprises two modified stereo cameras with associated analog video and digital recording capability. Using synchronized laser illumination and X and Y cylindrical lens arrangements in each stereo camera, all laser illuminated points can be focused onto a linear detector array whose intensities are used to calculate X and Y positi...

An automated photogrammetric instrument adapted to observe conjugate areas in a stereo-pair of photographs for the purpose of determining terrain elevation and for carrying out other measurements. In order to measure X-parallax, the instrument includes means to scan each of the photographs along a path in which X-parallax is present, but which is substantially free of Y-parallax and the effects of image rotation, thereby producing first and second video signals representative of the scanned path...